#B396EA#B396EA

#B396EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.122 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396EA
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 234)
HSL	hsl(261, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 35.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 27.76, -38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 47.43, 305.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0598 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.122 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.3447, 37.3367, 82.6964)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396EA #CDEA96

analogous

#96A3EA #B396EA #DD96EA

triadic

#B396EA #EAB396 #96EAB3

tetradic

#B396EA #EA96A3 #CDEA96 #96EADD

square

#B396EA #EA96A3 #CDEA96 #96EADD

split-complementary

#B396EA #EADD96 #A3EA96

monochromatic

#6930D6 #8E63E0 #B396EA #D8C9F4 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B396EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B396EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396EA

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396EA	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.122 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5f1',
    500: '#b396ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396ea;
$custom-light: #cbb5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.714,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73104,
    "c": 0.12238,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396EA

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CF178F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396EA

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

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