#B396CA#B396CA

#B396CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.081 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396CA
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 202)
HSL	hsl(273, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(273, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 25.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, 20.61, -22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 30.67, 312.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% 0.0515 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.081 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1555, 35.6610, 60.6335)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396CA #ADCA96

analogous

#9996CA #B396CA #CA96C7

triadic

#B396CA #CAB396 #96CAB3

tetradic

#B396CA #CA9996 #ADCA96 #96C7CA

square

#B396CA #CA9996 #ADCA96 #96C7CA

split-complementary

#B396CA #C7CA96 #96CA99

monochromatic

#774D99 #966DB5 #B396CA #D0BFDF #EEE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B396CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B396CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396CA

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396CA	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.081 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5da',
    500: '#b396ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396ca;
$custom-light: #cab5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.462,
    "s": 32.911,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71715,
    "c": 0.08053,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396CA

secondary

#DDE6D6

accent

#AC3A6C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396CA

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

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