#B296B2#B296B2

#B296B2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.051 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296B2
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(300, 15%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(300, 16%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 15.42, -10.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 18.75, 325.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.0425 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.051 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3013, 34.4927, 46.8036)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296B2 #96B296

analogous

#A496B2 #B296B2 #B296A4

triadic

#B296B2 #B2B296 #96B2B2

tetradic

#B296B2 #B2A496 #96B296 #96A4B2

square

#B296B2 #B2A496 #96B296 #96A4B2

split-complementary

#B296B2 #A4B296 #96B2A4

monochromatic

#775777 #987398 #B296B2 #CCB9CC #E6DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B296B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B296B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296B2

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296B2	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949DB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.051 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5c9',
    500: '#b296b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296b2;
$custom-light: #c9b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70723,
    "c": 0.05118,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296B2

secondary

#CDD7CD

accent

#9A4C4C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296B2

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

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