#B296E4#B296E4

#B296E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.114 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296E4
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 228)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(262, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 34.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 26.07, -35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 44.20, 306.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0573 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.114 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2670, 36.8790, 78.2227)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296E4 #C8E496

analogous

#96A1E4 #B296E4 #D996E4

triadic

#B296E4 #E4B296 #96E4B2

tetradic

#B296E4 #E496A1 #C8E496 #96E4D9

square

#B296E4 #E496A1 #C8E496 #96E4D9

split-complementary

#B296E4 #E4D996 #A1E496

monochromatic

#6B35CB #8E65D7 #B296E4 #D6C7F1 #EDE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B296E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B296E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296E4

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296E4	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.114 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5ec',
    500: '#b296e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296e4;
$custom-light: #cab5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.538,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72738,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296E4

secondary

#E8F0DB

accent

#C71F8A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296E4

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

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