#B396CC#B396CC

#B396CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.083 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396CC
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(272, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(272, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 21.04, -23.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 31.70, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.0521 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.083 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3939, 35.7564, 61.8887)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396CC #AFCC96

analogous

#9896CC #B396CC #CC96CA

triadic

#B396CC #CCB396 #96CCB3

tetradic

#B396CC #CC9896 #AFCC96 #96CACC

square

#B396CC #CC9896 #AFCC96 #96CACC

split-complementary

#B396CC #CACC96 #96CC98

monochromatic

#774C9C #956DB8 #B396CC #D1BFE0 #EFE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B396CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B396CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396CC

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396CC	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.083 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5db',
    500: '#b396cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396cc;
$custom-light: #cab5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.222,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71795,
    "c": 0.08308,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396CC

secondary

#DEE7D7

accent

#AD386E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396CC

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

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