#B294BE#B294BE

#B294BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.069 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B294BE
RGB	rgb(178, 148, 190)
HSL	hsl(283, 24%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(283, 22%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 22.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 18.91, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 25.81, 317.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% 0.0496 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.069 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2429, 34.3630, 53.3233)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B294BE #A0BE94

analogous

#9D94BE #B294BE #BE94B5

triadic

#B294BE #BEB294 #94BEB2

tetradic

#B294BE #BE9D94 #A0BE94 #94B5BE

square

#B294BE #BE9D94 #A0BE94 #94B5BE

split-complementary

#B294BE #B5BE94 #94BE9D

monochromatic

#775186 #976EA7 #B294BE #CDBAD5 #E9E0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B294BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B294BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B294BE

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B294BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B294BE	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B299A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b294be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 148, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.069 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b3d1',
    500: '#b294be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b294be;
$custom-light: #c9b3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b294be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 24.419,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70775,
    "c": 0.06868,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B294BE

secondary

#D4DED0

accent

#A3435E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B294BE

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

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