#B296BE#B296BE

#B296BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.065 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296BE
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(282, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(282, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 17.79, -16.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 24.47, 316.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0466 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.065 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5593, 34.9959, 53.4288)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296BE #A2BE96

analogous

#9E96BE #B296BE #BE96B6

triadic

#B296BE #BEB296 #96BEB2

tetradic

#B296BE #BE9E96 #A2BE96 #96B6BE

square

#B296BE #BE9E96 #A2BE96 #96B6BE

split-complementary

#B296BE #B6BE96 #96BE9E

monochromatic

#775386 #9670A7 #B296BE #CEBCD5 #E9E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B296BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B296BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296BE

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296BE	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.065 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5d1',
    500: '#b296be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296be;
$custom-light: #c9b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71157,
    "c": 0.06506,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296BE

secondary

#D5DED1

accent

#A24460

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296BE

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

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