#B296DC#B296DC

#B296DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.104 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296DC
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 220)
HSL	hsl(264, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(264, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 31.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, 24.24, -31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 39.98, 307.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0553 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.104 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1820, 36.4450, 72.5086)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296DC #C0DC96

analogous

#969DDC #B296DC #D596DC

triadic

#B296DC #DCB296 #96DCB2

tetradic

#B296DC #DC969D #C0DC96 #96DCD5

square

#B296DC #DC969D #C0DC96 #96DCD5

split-complementary

#B296DC #DCD596 #9DDC96

monochromatic

#6F3EBA #9068CD #B296DC #D4C4EB #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B296DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B296DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296DC

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296DC	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.104 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5e7',
    500: '#b296dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296dc;
$custom-light: #cab5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7238,
    "c": 0.10367,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296DC

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BD2882

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296DC

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

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