#B296CA#B296CA

#B296CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.080 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296CA
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 202)
HSL	hsl(272, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(272, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 25.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 20.29, -22.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 30.57, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% 0.0503 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.08 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9252, 35.5422, 60.6227)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296CA #AECA96

analogous

#9896CA #B296CA #CA96C8

triadic

#B296CA #CAB296 #96CAB2

tetradic

#B296CA #CA9896 #AECA96 #96C8CA

square

#B296CA #CA9896 #AECA96 #96C8CA

split-complementary

#B296CA #C8CA96 #96CA98

monochromatic

#764D99 #946DB5 #B296CA #D0BFDF #EEE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B296CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#B296CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296CA

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296CA	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.080 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5da',
    500: '#b296ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296ca;
$custom-light: #c9b5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 32.911,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71623,
    "c": 0.08013,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296CA

secondary

#DDE6D6

accent

#AC3A6E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296CA

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

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