#B296DB#B296DB

#B296DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.102 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296DB
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 219)
HSL	hsl(264, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(264, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 31.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, 24.01, -31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 39.45, 307.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% 0.0551 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.102 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0500, 36.3922, 71.8132)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296DB #BFDB96

analogous

#969DDB #B296DB #D596DB

triadic

#B296DB #DBB296 #96DBB2

tetradic

#B296DB #DB969D #BFDB96 #96DBD5

square

#B296DB #DB969D #BFDB96 #96DBD5

split-complementary

#B296DB #DBD596 #9DDB96

monochromatic

#703FB8 #9168CB #B296DB #D3C4EB #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B296DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B296DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296DB

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296DB	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.102 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5e6',
    500: '#b296db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296db;
$custom-light: #cab5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.348,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72336,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296DB

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BC2981

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296DB

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

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