#B296BC#B296BC

#B296BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.063 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296BC
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(284, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(284, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, 17.39, -15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 23.49, 317.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.0459 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.063 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3422, 34.9090, 52.2855)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296BC #A0BC96

analogous

#9F96BC #B296BC #BC96B3

triadic

#B296BC #BCB296 #96BCB2

tetradic

#B296BC #BC9F96 #A0BC96 #96B3BC

square

#B296BC #BC9F96 #A0BC96 #96B3BC

split-complementary

#B296BC #B3BC96 #96BC9F

monochromatic

#775484 #9771A4 #B296BC #CDBBD4 #E9E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B296BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#B296BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296BC

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296BC	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.063 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5d0',
    500: '#b296bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296bc;
$custom-light: #c9b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.211,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71083,
    "c": 0.06264,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296BC

secondary

#D4DDD1

accent

#A1455D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296BC

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

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