#B296E8#B296E8

#B296E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.120 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296E8
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 232)
HSL	hsl(260, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(260, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 35.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 27.00, -37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 46.32, 305.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0582 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.12 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8287, 37.1036, 81.1810)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296E8 #CCE896

analogous

#96A3E8 #B296E8 #DB96E8

triadic

#B296E8 #E8B296 #96E8B2

tetradic

#B296E8 #E896A3 #CCE896 #96E8DB

square

#B296E8 #E896A3 #CCE896 #96E8DB

split-complementary

#B296E8 #E8DB96 #A3E896

monochromatic

#6832D2 #8D64DD #B296E8 #D7C8F3 #EDE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B296E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B296E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296E8

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296E8	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.120 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5ef',
    500: '#b296e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296e8;
$custom-light: #cab5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.488,
    "s": 64.062,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72922,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296E8

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CC1A8F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296E8

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

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