#B296BD#B296BD

#B296BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.064 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296BD
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(283, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(283, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, 17.59, -16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 23.98, 317.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% 0.0462 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.064 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4504, 34.9523, 52.8552)
Luminance	0.3495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296BD #A1BD96

analogous

#9F96BD #B296BD #BD96B5

triadic

#B296BD #BDB296 #96BDB2

tetradic

#B296BD #BD9F96 #A1BD96 #96B5BD

square

#B296BD #BD9F96 #A1BD96 #96B5BD

split-complementary

#B296BD #B5BD96 #96BD9F

monochromatic

#775485 #9670A5 #B296BD #CEBCD5 #E9E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B296BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#B296BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296BD

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296BD	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.064 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5d1',
    500: '#b296bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296bd;
$custom-light: #c9b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.077,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7112,
    "c": 0.06384,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296BD

secondary

#D5DED1

accent

#A1445E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296BD

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

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