#B296E6#B296E6

#B296E6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.117 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296E6
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 230)
HSL	hsl(261, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 34.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 26.53, -36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 45.26, 305.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% 0.0577 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.117 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5462, 36.9907, 79.6933)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296E6 #CAE696

analogous

#96A2E6 #B296E6 #DA96E6

triadic

#B296E6 #E6B296 #96E6B2

tetradic

#B296E6 #E696A2 #CAE696 #96E6DA

square

#B296E6 #E696A2 #CAE696 #96E6DA

split-complementary

#B296E6 #E6DA96 #A2E696

monochromatic

#6A33CE #8E65DA #B296E6 #D6C7F2 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B296E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B296E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296E6

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296E6	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.117 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5ee',
    500: '#b296e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296e6;
$custom-light: #cab5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72829,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296E6

secondary

#E9F0DB

accent

#C91C8D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296E6

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

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