#B396DB#B396DB

#B396DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.103 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396DB
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 219)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(265, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 31.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 24.32, -31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 39.52, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.0562 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.103 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2803, 36.5109, 71.8240)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396DB #BEDB96

analogous

#969CDB #B396DB #D596DB

triadic

#B396DB #DBB396 #96DBB3

tetradic

#B396DB #DB969C #BEDB96 #96DBD5

square

#B396DB #DB969C #BEDB96 #96DBD5

split-complementary

#B396DB #DBD596 #9CDB96

monochromatic

#723FB8 #9268CB #B396DB #D4C4EB #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B396DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#B396DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396DB

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396DB	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.103 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5e6',
    500: '#b396db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396db;
$custom-light: #cab5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.217,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72426,
    "c": 0.1026,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396DB

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BC297E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396DB

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

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