#B294B4#B294B4

#B294B4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.057 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B294B4
RGB	rgb(178, 148, 180)
HSL	hsl(296, 18%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(296, 18%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 17.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, 16.92, -12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 21.01, 323.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% 0.0463 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.057 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1872, 33.9408, 47.7634)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B294B4 #96B494

analogous

#A294B4 #B294B4 #B494A6

triadic

#B294B4 #B4B294 #94B4B2

tetradic

#B294B4 #B4A294 #96B494 #94A6B4

square

#B294B4 #B4A294 #96B494 #94A6B4

split-complementary

#B294B4 #A6B494 #94B4A2

monochromatic

#775579 #98709B #B294B4 #CCB8CD #E6DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B294B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B294B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B294B4

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B294B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B294B4	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4979F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b294b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 148, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.057 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b3ca',
    500: '#b294b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b294b4;
$custom-light: #c9b3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b294b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 17.582,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70407,
    "c": 0.05707,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B294B4

secondary

#CDD7CC

accent

#9C4A4F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B294B4

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

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