#B396BD#B396BD

#B396BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.064 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396BD
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(285, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(285, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 17.93, -16.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 24.13, 317.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.0474 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.064 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6807, 35.0711, 52.8660)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396BD #A0BD96

analogous

#A096BD #B396BD #BD96B4

triadic

#B396BD #BDB396 #96BDB3

tetradic

#B396BD #BDA096 #A0BD96 #96B4BD

square

#B396BD #BDA096 #A0BD96 #96B4BD

split-complementary

#B396BD #B4BD96 #96BDA0

monochromatic

#785485 #9870A5 #B396BD #CEBCD5 #E9E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B396BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#B396BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396BD

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396BD	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)

#929EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.064 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5d1',
    500: '#b396bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396bd;
$custom-light: #cab5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.615,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71213,
    "c": 0.06439,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396BD

secondary

#D4DED1

accent

#A1445C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396BD

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

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