#B296B4#B296B4

#B296B4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.053 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296B4
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 180)
HSL	hsl(296, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(296, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, 15.80, -11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 19.67, 323.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% 0.0432 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.053 324)
XYZ	xyz(37.5036, 34.5736, 47.8689)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296B4 #98B496

analogous

#A396B4 #B296B4 #B496A7

triadic

#B296B4 #B4B296 #96B4B2

tetradic

#B296B4 #B4A396 #98B496 #96A7B4

square

#B296B4 #B4A396 #98B496 #96A7B4

split-complementary

#B296B4 #A7B496 #96B4A3

monochromatic

#775679 #98729B #B296B4 #CCBACE #E6DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B296B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#B296B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296B4

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296B4	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B499A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.053 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5ca',
    500: '#b296b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296b4;
$custom-light: #c9b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70793,
    "c": 0.05336,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.34573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296B4

secondary

#CED8CE

accent

#9B4B50

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296B4

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

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