#B296BA#B296BA

#B296BA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.060 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296BA
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 186)
HSL	hsl(287, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(287, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 19.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 16.98, -14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 22.51, 318.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.0452 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.06 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1281, 34.8234, 51.1579)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296BA #9EBA96

analogous

#A096BA #B296BA #BA96B0

triadic

#B296BA #BAB296 #96BAB2

tetradic

#B296BA #BAA096 #9EBA96 #96B0BA

square

#B296BA #BAA096 #9EBA96 #96B0BA

split-complementary

#B296BA #B0BA96 #96BAA0

monochromatic

#775581 #9771A2 #B296BA #CDBBD2 #E8E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B296BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B296BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296BA

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296BA	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A0B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.060 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5ce',
    500: '#b296ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296ba;
$custom-light: #c9b5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 20.69,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71009,
    "c": 0.06025,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296BA

secondary

#D3DCD0

accent

#9F465A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296BA

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

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