#B295CD#B295CD

#B295CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.086 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B295CD
RGB	rgb(178, 149, 205)
HSL	hsl(271, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(271, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 27.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 21.49, -24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 32.77, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0527 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.086 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1250, 35.3679, 62.4586)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B295CD #B0CD95

analogous

#9695CD #B295CD #CD95CC

triadic

#B295CD #CDB295 #95CDB2

tetradic

#B295CD #CD9695 #B0CD95 #95CCCD

square

#B295CD #CD9695 #B0CD95 #95CCCD

split-complementary

#B295CD #CCCD95 #95CD96

monochromatic

#754A9D #946BB9 #B295CD #D0BFE1 #EEE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B295CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B295CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B295CD

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B295CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B295CD	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b295cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 149, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.086 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b4dc',
    500: '#b295cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b295cd;
$custom-light: #c9b4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b295cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.071,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71556,
    "c": 0.08574,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B295CD

secondary

#DFE7D7

accent

#AF3771

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B295CD

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

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