#B294C8#B294C8

#B294C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.081 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B294C8
RGB	rgb(178, 148, 200)
HSL	hsl(275, 32%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(275, 26%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 26%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 20.98, -22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 30.85, 312.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% 0.0527 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.081 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3735, 34.8153, 59.2782)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B294C8 #AAC894

analogous

#9894C8 #B294C8 #C894C4

triadic

#B294C8 #C8B294 #94C8B2

tetradic

#B294C8 #C89894 #AAC894 #94C4C8

square

#B294C8 #C89894 #AAC894 #94C4C8

split-complementary

#B294C8 #C4C894 #94C898

monochromatic

#764D95 #956CB3 #B294C8 #CFBCDD #ECE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B294C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B294C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B294C8

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B294C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B294C8	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A0C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09BA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b294c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 148, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.081 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b3d8',
    500: '#b294c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b294c8;
$custom-light: #c9b3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b294c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.615,
    "s": 32.099,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71165,
    "c": 0.0811,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B294C8

secondary

#DBE4D4

accent

#AB3B6A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B294C8

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

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