#B296BB#B296BB

#B296BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.061 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296BB
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(285, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(285, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 17.18, -15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 23.00, 318.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% 0.0456 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.061 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2348, 34.8661, 51.7197)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296BB #9FBB96

analogous

#9F96BB #B296BB #BB96B1

triadic

#B296BB #BBB296 #96BBB2

tetradic

#B296BB #BB9F96 #9FBB96 #96B1BB

square

#B296BB #BB9F96 #9FBB96 #96B1BB

split-complementary

#B296BB #B1BB96 #96BB9F

monochromatic

#775482 #9771A3 #B296BB #CDBBD3 #E8E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B296BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B296BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296BB

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296BB	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.061 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5cf',
    500: '#b296bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296bb;
$custom-light: #c9b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.405,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71046,
    "c": 0.06144,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296BB

secondary

#D3DCD0

accent

#A0465C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296BB

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

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