#B396FA#B396FA

#B396FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.143 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396FA
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 250)
HSL	hsl(257, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(257, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 40%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, 31.58, -46.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 55.88, 304.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% 0.063 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.143 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7479, 38.2980, 95.3533)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396FA #DDFA96

analogous

#96ABFA #B396FA #E596FA

triadic

#B396FA #FAB396 #96FAB3

tetradic

#B396FA #FA96AB #DDFA96 #96FAE5

square

#B396FA #FA96AB #DDFA96 #96FAE5

split-complementary

#B396FA #FAE596 #ABFA96

monochromatic

#5E21F4 #895CF7 #B396FA #DDD0FD #EAE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B396FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#B396FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396FA

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396FA	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA7FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA5F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.143 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5fc',
    500: '#b396fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396fa;
$custom-light: #ccb5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.4,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73877,
    "c": 0.14346,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396FA

secondary

#ECF6D5

accent

#E600A3

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396FA

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

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