#B396BF#B396BF

#B396BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.067 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396BF
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 191)
HSL	hsl(282, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(282, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 21.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 18.33, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 25.11, 316.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.048 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.067 316)
XYZ	xyz(38.8993, 35.1585, 54.0172)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396BF #A2BF96

analogous

#9F96BF #B396BF #BF96B7

triadic

#B396BF #BFB396 #96BFB3

tetradic

#B396BF #BF9F96 #A2BF96 #96B7BF

square

#B396BF #BF9F96 #A2BF96 #96B7BF

split-complementary

#B396BF #B7BF96 #96BF9F

monochromatic

#785388 #9770A8 #B396BF #CFBCD6 #EAE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B396BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B396BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396BF

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396BF	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.067 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5d2',
    500: '#b396bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396bf;
$custom-light: #cab5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.439,
    "s": 24.26,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71288,
    "c": 0.0668,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.35158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396BF

secondary

#D6DFD2

accent

#A3435F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396BF

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

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