#B396FD#B396FD

#B396FD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.147 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396FD
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 253)
HSL	hsl(257, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(257, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 40.7%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 32.31, -47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 57.47, 304.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% 0.0636 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.147 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2220, 38.4876, 97.8504)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396FD #E0FD96

analogous

#96ADFD #B396FD #E796FD

triadic

#B396FD #FDB396 #96FDB3

tetradic

#B396FD #FD96AD #E0FD96 #96FDE7

square

#B396FD #FD96AD #E0FD96 #96FDE7

split-complementary

#B396FD #FDE796 #ADFD96

monochromatic

#5C1EFB #885AFC #B396FD #DED2FE #E9E1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B396FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B396FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396FD

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396FD	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA5FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.147 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5fe',
    500: '#b396fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396fd;
$custom-light: #ccb5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.893,
    "s": 96.262,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74028,
    "c": 0.14739,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396FD

secondary

#EDF7D4

accent

#E600A5

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396FD

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

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