#B295E4#B295E4

#B295E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.116 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B295E4
RGB	rgb(178, 149, 228)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(262, 35%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 34.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 26.63, -36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 44.84, 306.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% 0.0587 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.116 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.1081, 36.5612, 78.1697)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B295E4 #C7E495

analogous

#95A0E4 #B295E4 #D995E4

triadic

#B295E4 #E4B295 #95E4B2

tetradic

#B295E4 #E495A0 #C7E495 #95E4D9

square

#B295E4 #E495A0 #C7E495 #95E4D9

split-complementary

#B295E4 #E4D995 #A0E495

monochromatic

#6B34CB #8F64D8 #B295E4 #D5C6F0 #EDE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B295E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B295E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B295E4

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B295E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B295E4	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b295e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 149, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.116 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab4ec',
    500: '#b295e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b295e4;
$custom-light: #cab4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b295e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.025,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72555,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B295E4

secondary

#E8F0DB

accent

#C71E89

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B295E4

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

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