#B291CE#B291CE

#B291CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.094 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B291CE
RGB	rgb(178, 145, 206)
HSL	hsl(272, 38%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(272, 30%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 29.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 23.95, -26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 35.89, 311.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.0589 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.094 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6241, 34.1724, 62.8890)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B291CE #ADCE91

analogous

#9491CE #B291CE #CE91CC

triadic

#B291CE #CEB291 #91CEB2

tetradic

#B291CE #CE9491 #ADCE91 #91CCCE

square

#B291CE #CE9491 #ADCE91 #91CCCE

split-complementary

#B291CE #CCCE91 #91CE94

monochromatic

#76469E #9467BB #B291CE #D0BBE1 #EDE6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B291CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B291CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B291CE

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B291CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B291CE	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF99A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b291ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 145, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.094 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b1dd',
    500: '#b291ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b291ce;
$custom-light: #c9b1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b291ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.459,
    "s": 38.365,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70852,
    "c": 0.09399,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B291CE

secondary

#DDE6D4

accent

#B1346E

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F5FB

border

#D1CFD4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B291CE

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

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