#B294B8#B294B8

#B294B8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.062 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B294B8
RGB	rgb(178, 148, 184)
HSL	hsl(290, 20%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(290, 20%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 19.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 17.71, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 22.89, 320.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.0476 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.062 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6005, 34.1061, 49.9405)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B294B8 #9AB894

analogous

#A094B8 #B294B8 #B894AC

triadic

#B294B8 #B8B294 #94B8B2

tetradic

#B294B8 #B8A094 #9AB894 #94ACB8

square

#B294B8 #B8A094 #9AB894 #94ACB8

split-complementary

#B294B8 #ACB894 #94B8A0

monochromatic

#77547E #986FA0 #B294B8 #CCB9D0 #E7DEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B294B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B294B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B294B8

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B294B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B294B8	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#919CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B397A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b294b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 148, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.062 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b3cd',
    500: '#b294b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b294b8;
$custom-light: #c9b3cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b294b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 20.225,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70551,
    "c": 0.06159,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B294B8

secondary

#D0DACE

accent

#9F4756

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B294B8

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

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