#B296D5#B296D5

#B296D5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.094 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296D5
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 213)
HSL	hsl(267, 43%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(267, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 29.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 22.67, -28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 36.30, 308.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0535 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.094 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2743, 36.0819, 67.7280)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296D5 #B9D596

analogous

#9699D5 #B296D5 #D196D5

triadic

#B296D5 #D5B296 #96D5B2

tetradic

#B296D5 #D59699 #B9D596 #96D5D1

square

#B296D5 #D59699 #B9D596 #96D5D1

split-complementary

#B296D5 #D5D196 #99D596

monochromatic

#7345AC #926AC4 #B296D5 #D2C2E6 #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B296D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B296D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296D5

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296D5	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.094 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5e2',
    500: '#b296d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296d5;
$custom-light: #c9b5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72077,
    "c": 0.09444,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296D5

secondary

#E4ECDB

accent

#B6307A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296D5

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

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