#B294CD#B294CD

#B294CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.087 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B294CD
RGB	rgb(178, 148, 205)
HSL	hsl(272, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(272, 28%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 27.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, 22.05, -25.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 33.42, 311.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.0542 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.087 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9674, 35.0529, 62.4061)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B294CD #AFCD94

analogous

#9694CD #B294CD #CD94CC

triadic

#B294CD #CDB294 #94CDB2

tetradic

#B294CD #CD9694 #AFCD94 #94CCCD

square

#B294CD #CD9694 #AFCD94 #94CCCD

split-complementary

#B294CD #CCCD94 #94CD96

monochromatic

#76499D #946ABA #B294CD #D0BEE0 #EEE7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B294CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#B294CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B294CD

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B294CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B294CD	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9CA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b294cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 148, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.087 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b3dc',
    500: '#b294cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b294cd;
$custom-light: #c9b3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b294cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 36.306,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71369,
    "c": 0.08748,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B294CD

secondary

#DEE7D6

accent

#AF3670

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B294CD

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

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