#B296CB#B296CB

#B296CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.081 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296CB
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 203)
HSL	hsl(272, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(272, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 20.50, -23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 31.08, 311.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% 0.0506 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.081 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0440, 35.5898, 61.2483)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296CB #AFCB96

analogous

#9896CB #B296CB #CB96CA

triadic

#B296CB #CBB296 #96CBB2

tetradic

#B296CB #CB9896 #AFCB96 #96CACB

square

#B296CB #CB9896 #AFCB96 #96CACB

split-complementary

#B296CB #CACB96 #96CB98

monochromatic

#764C9A #946DB7 #B296CB #D0BFDF #EEE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B296CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B296CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296CB

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296CB	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.081 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5db',
    500: '#b296cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296cb;
$custom-light: #c9b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.698,
    "s": 33.758,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71663,
    "c": 0.08142,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296CB

secondary

#DEE6D7

accent

#AD396F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296CB

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

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