#B396CD#B396CD

#B396CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.084 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396CD
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(272, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(272, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, 21.25, -24.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 32.22, 311.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0523 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.084 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5142, 35.8045, 62.5224)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396CD #B0CD96

analogous

#9896CD #B396CD #CD96CC

triadic

#B396CD #CDB396 #96CDB3

tetradic

#B396CD #CD9896 #B0CD96 #96CCCD

square

#B396CD #CD9896 #B0CD96 #96CCCD

split-complementary

#B396CD #CCCD96 #96CD98

monochromatic

#774B9E #956DB9 #B396CD #D1BFE1 #EFE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B396CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B396CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396CD

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396CD	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.084 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5dc',
    500: '#b396cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396cd;
$custom-light: #cab5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.636,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71836,
    "c": 0.08436,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396CD

secondary

#DFE7D8

accent

#AE3770

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396CD

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

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