#B291CD#B291CD

#B291CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.093 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B291CD
RGB	rgb(178, 145, 205)
HSL	hsl(273, 38%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(273, 29%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 29.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, 23.74, -26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 35.38, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0586 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.093 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5030, 34.1239, 62.2513)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B291CD #ACCD91

analogous

#9491CD #B291CD #CD91CA

triadic

#B291CD #CDB291 #91CDB2

tetradic

#B291CD #CD9491 #ACCD91 #91CACD

square

#B291CD #CD9491 #ACCD91 #91CACD

split-complementary

#B291CD #CACD91 #91CD94

monochromatic

#76479C #9567BA #B291CD #CFBBE0 #EDE5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B291CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B291CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B291CD

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B291CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B291CD	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF99A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b291cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 145, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.093 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b1dc',
    500: '#b291cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b291cd;
$custom-light: #c9b1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b291cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7081,
    "c": 0.09272,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B291CD

secondary

#DCE6D4

accent

#B0356D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F5FB

border

#D1CFD4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B291CD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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