#B294CB#B294CB

#B294CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.085 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B294CB
RGB	rgb(178, 148, 203)
HSL	hsl(273, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(273, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 27.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, 21.62, -24.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 32.39, 311.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.0536 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.085 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7276, 34.9569, 61.1428)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B294CB #ADCB94

analogous

#9794CB #B294CB #CB94C9

triadic

#B294CB #CBB294 #94CBB2

tetradic

#B294CB #CB9794 #ADCB94 #94C9CB

square

#B294CB #CB9794 #ADCB94 #94C9CB

split-complementary

#B294CB #C9CB94 #94CB97

monochromatic

#764B9A #946BB7 #B294CB #D0BDDF #EDE6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B294CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#B294CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B294CB

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B294CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B294CB	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9BA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b294cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 148, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.085 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b3db',
    500: '#b294cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b294cb;
$custom-light: #c9b3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b294cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 34.591,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71287,
    "c": 0.08492,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B294CB

secondary

#DDE6D5

accent

#AD386D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B294CB

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

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