#B396BB#B396BB

#B396BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.062 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396BB
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(287, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(287, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 17.53, -15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 23.16, 319.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.0467 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.062 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4651, 34.9848, 51.7305)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396BB #9EBB96

analogous

#A096BB #B396BB #BB96B0

triadic

#B396BB #BBB396 #96BBB3

tetradic

#B396BB #BBA096 #9EBB96 #96B0BB

square

#B396BB #BBA096 #9EBB96 #96B0BB

split-complementary

#B396BB #B0BB96 #96BBA0

monochromatic

#785482 #9871A3 #B396BB #CEBBD3 #E9E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B396BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B396BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396BB

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396BB	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.062 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5cf',
    500: '#b396bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396bb;
$custom-light: #cab5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.027,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71139,
    "c": 0.06201,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396BB

secondary

#D3DCD0

accent

#A04659

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396BB

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

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