#B294E4#B294E4

#B294E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.118 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B294E4
RGB	rgb(178, 148, 228)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(263, 35%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 35.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 27.19, -36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 45.47, 306.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.0601 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.118 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9505, 36.2461, 78.1172)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B294E4 #C6E494

analogous

#949EE4 #B294E4 #DA94E4

triadic

#B294E4 #E4B294 #94E4B2

tetradic

#B294E4 #E4949E #C6E494 #94E4DA

square

#B294E4 #E4949E #C6E494 #94E4DA

split-complementary

#B294E4 #E4DA94 #9EE494

monochromatic

#6C33CA #8F63D8 #B294E4 #D5C5F0 #EDE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B294E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B294E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B294E4

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B294E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B294E4	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b294e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 148, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.118 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab3ed',
    500: '#b294e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b294e4;
$custom-light: #cab3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b294e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 59.701,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72373,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B294E4

secondary

#E8F0DB

accent

#C71E88

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B294E4

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

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