#B294D8#B294D8

#B294D8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.102 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B294D8
RGB	rgb(178, 148, 216)
HSL	hsl(266, 47%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(266, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 31.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 24.46, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 39.15, 308.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0572 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.102 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3422, 35.6028, 69.6465)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B294D8 #BAD894

analogous

#9498D8 #B294D8 #D494D8

triadic

#B294D8 #D8B294 #94D8B2

tetradic

#B294D8 #D89498 #BAD894 #94D8D4

square

#B294D8 #D89498 #BAD894 #94D8D4

split-complementary

#B294D8 #D8D494 #98D894

monochromatic

#7241B1 #9267C8 #B294D8 #D2C1E8 #EFE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B294D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B294D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B294D8

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B294D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B294D8	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9EAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b294d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 148, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.102 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab3e4',
    500: '#b294d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b294d8;
$custom-light: #cab3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b294d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.471,
    "s": 46.575,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71835,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B294D8

secondary

#E5EDDB

accent

#BA2C7B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B294D8

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

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