#B296DF#B296DF

#B296DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296DF
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 223)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(263, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 32.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 24.92, -33.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 41.56, 306.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0561 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.108 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5829, 36.6053, 74.6199)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296DF #C3DF96

analogous

#969EDF #B296DF #D796DF

triadic

#B296DF #DFB296 #96DFB2

tetradic

#B296DF #DF969E #C3DF96 #96DFD7

square

#B296DF #DF969E #C3DF96 #96DFD7

split-complementary

#B296DF #DFD796 #9EDF96

monochromatic

#6E3BC0 #9067D1 #B296DF #D4C5ED #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B296DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#B296DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296DF

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296DF	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5e9',
    500: '#b296df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296df;
$custom-light: #cab5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.014,
    "s": 53.285,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72512,
    "c": 0.10763,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296DF

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#C12585

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296DF

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

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