#B296CD#B296CD

#B296CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.084 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296CD
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(271, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(271, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 20.93, -24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 32.12, 310.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% 0.0512 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.084 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2839, 35.6857, 62.5116)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296CD #B1CD96

analogous

#9796CD #B296CD #CD96CD

triadic

#B296CD #CDB296 #96CDB2

tetradic

#B296CD #CD9796 #B1CD96 #96CDCD

square

#B296CD #CD9796 #B1CD96 #96CDCD

split-complementary

#B296CD #CDCD96 #96CD97

monochromatic

#754B9E #946DB9 #B296CD #D0BFE1 #EFE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B296CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B296CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296CD

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296CD	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.084 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5dc',
    500: '#b296cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296cd;
$custom-light: #c9b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.545,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71744,
    "c": 0.08401,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296CD

secondary

#DFE7D8

accent

#AE3772

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296CD

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

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