#B296CF#B296CF

#B296CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.087 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296CF
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 207)
HSL	hsl(269, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(269, 28%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 27.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 21.36, -25.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 33.16, 310.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% 0.0518 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.087 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5268, 35.7829, 63.7912)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296CF #B3CF96

analogous

#9696CF #B296CF #CF96CF

triadic

#B296CF #CFB296 #96CFB2

tetradic

#B296CF #CF9696 #B3CF96 #96CFCF

square

#B296CF #CF9696 #B3CF96 #96CFCF

split-complementary

#B296CF #CFCF96 #96CF96

monochromatic

#754AA1 #936CBC #B296CF #D1C0E2 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B296CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B296CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296CF

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296CF	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.087 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5dd',
    500: '#b296cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296cf;
$custom-light: #c9b5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.474,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71826,
    "c": 0.0866,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296CF

secondary

#E1E8D8

accent

#B03574

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296CF

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

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