#B396DC#B396DC

#B396DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.104 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396DC
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 220)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(265, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 31.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 24.54, -31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 40.05, 307.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0565 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.104 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4124, 36.5637, 72.5194)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396DC #BFDC96

analogous

#969CDC #B396DC #D696DC

triadic

#B396DC #DCB396 #96DCB3

tetradic

#B396DC #DC969C #BFDC96 #96DCD6

square

#B396DC #DC969C #BFDC96 #96DCD6

split-complementary

#B396DC #DCD696 #9CDC96

monochromatic

#713EBA #9268CD #B396DC #D4C4EB #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B396DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B396DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396DC

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396DC	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.104 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5e7',
    500: '#b396dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396dc;
$custom-light: #cab5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.857,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7247,
    "c": 0.10391,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396DC

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BD2880

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396DC

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

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