#B396E6#B396E6

#B396E6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396E6
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 230)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 34.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 26.83, -36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 45.32, 306.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0589 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.117 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7765, 37.1094, 79.7041)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396E6 #C9E696

analogous

#96A1E6 #B396E6 #DB96E6

triadic

#B396E6 #E6B396 #96E6B3

tetradic

#B396E6 #E696A1 #C9E696 #96E6DB

square

#B396E6 #E696A1 #C9E696 #96E6DB

split-complementary

#B396E6 #E6DB96 #A1E696

monochromatic

#6B33CE #8F65DA #B396E6 #D7C7F2 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B396E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B396E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396E6

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396E6	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5ee',
    500: '#b396e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396e6;
$custom-light: #cbb5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.75,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72919,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396E6

secondary

#E9F0DB

accent

#C91C8B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396E6

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

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