#B396DA#B396DA

#B396DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.101 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396DA
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 218)
HSL	hsl(266, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(266, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 31.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 24.10, -30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 39.00, 308.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0559 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.101 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1491, 36.4584, 71.1327)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396DA #BDDA96

analogous

#969BDA #B396DA #D596DA

triadic

#B396DA #DAB396 #96DAB3

tetradic

#B396DA #DA969B #BDDA96 #96DAD5

square

#B396DA #DA969B #BDDA96 #96DAD5

split-complementary

#B396DA #DAD596 #9BDA96

monochromatic

#7240B6 #9269CA #B396DA #D4C3EA #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B396DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B396DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396DA

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396DA	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.101 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5e5',
    500: '#b396da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396da;
$custom-light: #cab5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.588,
    "s": 47.887,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72383,
    "c": 0.10129,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396DA

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BB2A7D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396DA

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

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