#B294DB#B294DB

#B294DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.106 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B294DB
RGB	rgb(178, 148, 219)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(265, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 32.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 25.14, -32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 40.73, 308.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0579 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.106 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7336, 35.7593, 71.7077)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B294DB #BDDB94

analogous

#949ADB #B294DB #D594DB

triadic

#B294DB #DBB294 #94DBB2

tetradic

#B294DB #DB949A #BDDB94 #94DBD5

square

#B294DB #DB949A #BDDB94 #94DBD5

split-complementary

#B294DB #DBD594 #9ADB94

monochromatic

#713EB7 #9166CC #B294DB #D3C2EA #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B294DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B294DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B294DB

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B294DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B294DB	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9FAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b294db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 148, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.106 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab3e6',
    500: '#b294db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b294db;
$custom-light: #cab3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b294db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.352,
    "s": 49.65,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71967,
    "c": 0.10569,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B294DB

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BD297E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B294DB

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

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