#B396D2#B396D2

#B396D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.091 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396D2
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 210)
HSL	hsl(269, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 29%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 28.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 22.33, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 34.81, 309.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% 0.0538 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.091 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1274, 36.0498, 65.7519)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396D2 #B5D296

analogous

#9697D2 #B396D2 #D196D2

triadic

#B396D2 #D2B396 #96D2B3

tetradic

#B396D2 #D29697 #B5D296 #96D2D1

square

#B396D2 #D29697 #B5D296 #96D2D1

split-complementary

#B396D2 #D2D196 #97D296

monochromatic

#7547A6 #946BC0 #B396D2 #D2C1E4 #EFEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B396D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B396D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396D2

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396D2	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.091 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5e0',
    500: '#b396d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396d2;
$custom-light: #cab5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72042,
    "c": 0.09083,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396D2

secondary

#E2EADA

accent

#B33275

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396D2

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

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