#B296BF#B296BF

#B296BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.066 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296BF
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 191)
HSL	hsl(281, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(281, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 21.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 17.99, -17.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 24.97, 316.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0469 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.066 315)
XYZ	xyz(38.6689, 35.0397, 54.0064)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296BF #A3BF96

analogous

#9E96BF #B296BF #BF96B8

triadic

#B296BF #BFB296 #96BFB2

tetradic

#B296BF #BF9E96 #A3BF96 #96B8BF

square

#B296BF #BF9E96 #A3BF96 #96B8BF

split-complementary

#B296BF #B8BF96 #96BF9E

monochromatic

#775388 #9670A8 #B296BF #CEBCD6 #EAE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B296BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#B296BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296BF

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296BF	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.066 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5d2',
    500: '#b296bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296bf;
$custom-light: #c9b5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.976,
    "s": 24.26,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71195,
    "c": 0.06628,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.35039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296BF

secondary

#D6DFD2

accent

#A34361

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296BF

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

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