#B294E8#B294E8

#B294E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.123 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B294E8
RGB	rgb(178, 148, 232)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 36.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, 28.12, -38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 47.58, 306.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% 0.061 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.123 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5122, 36.4708, 81.0755)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B294E8 #CAE894

analogous

#94A0E8 #B294E8 #DC94E8

triadic

#B294E8 #E8B294 #94E8B2

tetradic

#B294E8 #E894A0 #CAE894 #94E8DC

square

#B294E8 #E894A0 #CAE894 #94E8DC

split-complementary

#B294E8 #E8DC94 #A0E894

monochromatic

#6A2FD2 #8E62DD #B294E8 #D6C6F3 #EDE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B294E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B294E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B294E8

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B294E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B294E8	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b294e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 148, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.123 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab3ef',
    500: '#b294e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b294e8;
$custom-light: #cab3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b294e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72559,
    "c": 0.12279,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B294E8

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CC198C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B294E8

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

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