#B296E2#B296E2

#B296E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.112 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296E2
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 226)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(262, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 33.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, 25.61, -34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 43.15, 306.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% 0.0568 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.112 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9909, 36.7685, 76.7689)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296E2 #C6E296

analogous

#96A0E2 #B296E2 #D896E2

triadic

#B296E2 #E2B296 #96E2B2

tetradic

#B296E2 #E296A0 #C6E296 #96E2D8

square

#B296E2 #E296A0 #C6E296 #96E2D8

split-complementary

#B296E2 #E2D896 #A0E296

monochromatic

#6C37C7 #8F66D5 #B296E2 #D5C6EF #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B296E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B296E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296E2

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296E2	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.112 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5eb',
    500: '#b296e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296e2;
$custom-light: #cab5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.105,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72647,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296E2

secondary

#E8F0DB

accent

#C42188

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296E2

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

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