#B696CF#B696CF

#B696CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.088 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B696CF
RGB	rgb(182, 150, 207)
HSL	hsl(274, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(274, 28%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 27.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 22.64, -24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 33.56, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0564 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.088 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4582, 36.2632, 63.8348)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B696CF #AFCF96

analogous

#9996CF #B696CF #CF96CC

triadic

#B696CF #CFB696 #96CFB6

tetradic

#B696CF #CF9996 #AFCF96 #96CCCF

square

#B696CF #CF9996 #AFCF96 #96CCCF

split-complementary

#B696CF #CCCF96 #96CF99

monochromatic

#7B4AA1 #996CBC #B696CF #D3C0E2 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B696CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B696CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B696CF

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B696CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B696CF	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39DAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b696cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 150, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.088 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5dd',
    500: '#b696cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b696cf;
$custom-light: #ccb5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b696cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.684,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72195,
    "c": 0.08807,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B696CF

secondary

#DFE8D8

accent

#B0356B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B696CF

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

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