#B296CC#B296CC

#B296CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.083 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296CC
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(271, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(271, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, 20.71, -23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 31.60, 310.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.0509 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.083 308)
XYZ	xyz(40.1635, 35.6376, 61.8779)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296CC #B0CC96

analogous

#9796CC #B296CC #CC96CB

triadic

#B296CC #CCB296 #96CCB2

tetradic

#B296CC #CC9796 #B0CC96 #96CBCC

square

#B296CC #CC9796 #B0CC96 #96CBCC

split-complementary

#B296CC #CBCC96 #96CC97

monochromatic

#754C9C #946DB8 #B296CC #D0BFE0 #EEE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B296CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B296CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296CC

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296CC	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.083 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5db',
    500: '#b296cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296cc;
$custom-light: #c9b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71704,
    "c": 0.08271,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.35637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296CC

secondary

#DFE7D7

accent

#AD3871

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296CC

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

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