#B396CF#B396CF

#B396CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.087 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396CF
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 207)
HSL	hsl(271, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(271, 28%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 27.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 21.68, -25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 33.25, 310.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% 0.0529 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.087 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7572, 35.9017, 63.8020)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396CF #B2CF96

analogous

#9696CF #B396CF #CF96CF

triadic

#B396CF #CFB396 #96CFB3

tetradic

#B396CF #CF9696 #B2CF96 #96CFCF

square

#B396CF #CF9696 #B2CF96 #96CFCF

split-complementary

#B396CF #CFCF96 #96CF96

monochromatic

#764AA1 #956CBC #B396CF #D1C0E2 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B396CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#B396CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396CF

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396CF	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.087 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5dd',
    500: '#b396cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396cf;
$custom-light: #cab5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.526,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71918,
    "c": 0.08694,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396CF

secondary

#E0E8D8

accent

#B03572

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396CF

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

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