#B396DE#B396DE

#B396DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.107 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396DE
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 222)
HSL	hsl(264, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(264, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 32.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, 25.00, -32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 41.10, 307.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% 0.057 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.107 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6788, 36.6703, 73.9227)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396DE #C1DE96

analogous

#969DDE #B396DE #D796DE

triadic

#B396DE #DEB396 #96DEB3

tetradic

#B396DE #DE969D #C1DE96 #96DED7

square

#B396DE #DE969D #C1DE96 #96DED7

split-complementary

#B396DE #DED796 #9DDE96

monochromatic

#703CBE #9167CF #B396DE #D5C5ED #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B396DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B396DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396DE

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396DE	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.107 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5e8',
    500: '#b396de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396de;
$custom-light: #cab5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.167,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72558,
    "c": 0.10654,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396DE

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C02682

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396DE

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

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