#B296DE#B296DE

#B296DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.106 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296DE
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 222)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(263, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 32.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, 24.69, -32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 41.03, 307.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0558 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.106 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4485, 36.5516, 73.9119)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296DE #C2DE96

analogous

#969EDE #B296DE #D696DE

triadic

#B296DE #DEB296 #96DEB2

tetradic

#B296DE #DE969E #C2DE96 #96DED6

square

#B296DE #DE969E #C2DE96 #96DED6

split-complementary

#B296DE #DED696 #9EDE96

monochromatic

#6E3CBE #9067CF #B296DE #D4C5ED #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B296DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B296DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296DE

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296DE	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.106 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5e8',
    500: '#b296de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296de;
$custom-light: #cab5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72468,
    "c": 0.10631,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296DE

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#C02684

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296DE

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

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