#B294CC#B294CC

#B294CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.086 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B294CC
RGB	rgb(178, 148, 204)
HSL	hsl(272, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(272, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 27.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 21.84, -24.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 32.90, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0539 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.086 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8471, 35.0047, 61.7724)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B294CC #AECC94

analogous

#9694CC #B294CC #CC94CA

triadic

#B294CC #CCB294 #94CCB2

tetradic

#B294CC #CC9694 #AECC94 #94CACC

square

#B294CC #CC9694 #AECC94 #94CACC

split-complementary

#B294CC #CACC94 #94CC96

monochromatic

#764A9B #946BB8 #B294CC #D0BDE0 #EEE7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B294CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B294CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B294CC

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B294CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B294CC	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9BA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b294cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 148, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.086 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b3db',
    500: '#b294cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b294cc;
$custom-light: #c9b3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b294cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 35.443,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71328,
    "c": 0.0862,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B294CC

secondary

#DDE6D6

accent

#AE376E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B294CC

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

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