#B294DD#B294DD

#B294DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.108 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B294DD
RGB	rgb(178, 148, 221)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(265, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 33%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 25.59, -33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 41.78, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0584 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.108 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9984, 35.8653, 73.1027)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B294DD #BFDD94

analogous

#949ADD #B294DD #D794DD

triadic

#B294DD #DDB294 #94DDB2

tetradic

#B294DD #DD949A #BFDD94 #94DDD7

square

#B294DD #DD949A #BFDD94 #94DDD7

split-complementary

#B294DD #DDD794 #9ADD94

monochromatic

#703BBB #9166CE #B294DD #D3C2EC #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B294DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B294DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B294DD

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B294DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B294DD	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9FAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b294dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 148, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.108 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab3e8',
    500: '#b294dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b294dd;
$custom-light: #cab3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b294dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.658,
    "s": 51.773,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72055,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B294DD

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#BF2680

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B294DD

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

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