#B396EB#B396EB

#B396EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.124 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396EB
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 235)
HSL	hsl(260, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(260, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 36.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 27.99, -38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 47.96, 305.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.06 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.124 299)
XYZ	xyz(44.4888, 37.3943, 83.4552)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396EB #CEEB96

analogous

#96A3EB #B396EB #DE96EB

triadic

#B396EB #EBB396 #96EBB3

tetradic

#B396EB #EB96A3 #CEEB96 #96EBDE

square

#B396EB #EB96A3 #CEEB96 #96EBDE

split-complementary

#B396EB #EBDE96 #A3EB96

monochromatic

#692FD7 #8E63E1 #B396EB #D8C9F5 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B396EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B396EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396EB

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396EB	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.124 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5f1',
    500: '#b396eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396eb;
$custom-light: #cbb5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.471,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73151,
    "c": 0.1237,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.37395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396EB

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D01690

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396EB

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

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