#B396DD#B396DD

#B396DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.105 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396DD
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 221)
HSL	hsl(265, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(265, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 32.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, 24.77, -32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 40.57, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0567 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.105 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5452, 36.6169, 73.2190)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396DD #C0DD96

analogous

#969CDD #B396DD #D696DD

triadic

#B396DD #DDB396 #96DDB3

tetradic

#B396DD #DD969C #C0DD96 #96DDD6

square

#B396DD #DD969C #C0DD96 #96DDD6

split-complementary

#B396DD #DDD696 #9CDD96

monochromatic

#713DBC #9268CE #B396DD #D4C4EC #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B396DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#B396DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396DD

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396DD	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.105 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5e7',
    500: '#b396dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396dd;
$custom-light: #cab5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.507,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72514,
    "c": 0.10523,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396DD

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#BE2781

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396DD

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

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