#B396FF#B396FF

#B396FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.150 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B396FF
RGB	rgb(179, 150, 255)
HSL	hsl(257, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(257, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 41.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 32.80, -48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 58.52, 304.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.0639 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.15 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5423, 38.6157, 99.5372)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B396FF #E2FF96

analogous

#96AEFF #B396FF #E796FF

triadic

#B396FF #FFB396 #96FFB3

tetradic

#B396FF #FF96AE #E2FF96 #96FFE7

square

#B396FF #FF96AE #E2FF96 #96FFE7

split-complementary

#B396FF #FFE796 #AEFF96

monochromatic

#5A1CFF #8759FF #B396FF #DFD3FF #E9E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B396FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B396FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B396FF

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B396FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B396FF	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA5FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b396ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 150, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.150 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5ff',
    500: '#b396ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b396ff;
$custom-light: #ccb5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b396ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.571,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74129,
    "c": 0.15001,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B396FF

secondary

#EDF7D4

accent

#E600A6

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B396FF

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

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