#B296B0#B296B0

#B296B0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.049 H 328.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296B0
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 176)
HSL	hsl(304, 15%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(304, 16%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 1.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 15.03, -9.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 17.86, 327.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.0418 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.049 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1020, 34.4130, 45.7538)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296B0 #96B298

analogous

#A696B2 #B296B0 #B296A2

triadic

#B296B0 #B0B296 #96B0B2

tetradic

#B296B0 #B2A696 #96B298 #96A2B2

square

#B296B0 #B2A696 #96B298 #96A2B2

split-complementary

#B296B0 #A2B296 #96B2A6

monochromatic

#775774 #987395 #B296B0 #CCB9CB #E6DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B296B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B296B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296B0

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296B0	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959CB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.049 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5c7',
    500: '#b296b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296b0;
$custom-light: #c9b5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70654,
    "c": 0.04906,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296B0

secondary

#CDD7CE

accent

#9A514C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296B0

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

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