#B296EE#B296EE

#B296EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.128 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B296EE
RGB	rgb(178, 150, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 37%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, 28.41, -40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 49.50, 305.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.0595 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.128 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6955, 37.4504, 85.7463)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B296EE #D2EE96

analogous

#96A6EE #B296EE #DE96EE

triadic

#B296EE #EEB296 #96EEB2

tetradic

#B296EE #EE96A6 #D2EE96 #96EEDE

square

#B296EE #EE96A6 #D2EE96 #96EEDE

split-complementary

#B296EE #EEDE96 #A6EE96

monochromatic

#652DDD #8B61E5 #B296EE #D9CBF7 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B296EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B296EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B296EE

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B296EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B296EE	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b296ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 150, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.128 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5f4',
    500: '#b296ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b296ee;
$custom-light: #cab5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b296ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73204,
    "c": 0.12751,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B296EE

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D41196

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B296EE

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

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