#B396BC#B396BC

#B396BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.063 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396BC
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(286, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(286, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 17.72, -15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 23.64, 318.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% 0.047 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.063 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5725, 35.0278, 52.2963)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396BC #9FBC96

analogous

#A096BC #B396BC #BC96B2

triadic

#B396BC #BCB396 #96BCB3

tetradic

#B396BC #BCA096 #9FBC96 #96B2BC

square

#B396BC #BCA096 #9FBC96 #96B2BC

split-complementary

#B396BC #B2BC96 #96BCA0

monochromatic

#785484 #9871A4 #B396BC #CEBBD4 #E9E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B396BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#B396BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396BC

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396BC	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.063 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5d0',
    500: '#b396bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396bc;
$custom-light: #cab5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.789,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71176,
    "c": 0.06319,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396BC

secondary

#D4DDD1

accent

#A1455B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396BC

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

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