#B296AE#B296AE

#B296AE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.047 H 330.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296AE
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(309, 15%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(309, 16%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 14.65, -8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 17.00, 329.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% 0.0411 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.047 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9056, 34.3344, 44.7193)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296AE #96B29A

analogous

#A896B2 #B296AE #B296A0

triadic

#B296AE #AEB296 #96AEB2

tetradic

#B296AE #B2A896 #96B29A #96A0B2

square

#B296AE #B2A896 #96B29A #96A0B2

split-complementary

#B296AE #A0B296 #96B2A8

monochromatic

#775772 #987393 #B296AE #CCB9C9 #E6DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B296AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B296AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296AE

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296AE	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5979E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.047 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5c6',
    500: '#b296ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296ae;
$custom-light: #c9b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70585,
    "c": 0.04702,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296AE

secondary

#CDD7CE

accent

#9A574C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296AE

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

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