#B796CE#B796CE

#B796CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.087 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B796CE
RGB	rgb(183, 150, 206)
HSL	hsl(275, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(275, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 27.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, 22.75, -24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 33.16, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0572 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.087 311)
XYZ	xyz(41.5734, 36.3367, 63.2041)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B796CE #ADCE96

analogous

#9B96CE #B796CE #CE96C9

triadic

#B796CE #CEB796 #96CEB7

tetradic

#B796CE #CE9B96 #ADCE96 #96C9CE

square

#B796CE #CE9B96 #ADCE96 #96C9CE

split-complementary

#B796CE #C9CE96 #96CE9B

monochromatic

#7C4A9F #9A6CBB #B796CE #D4C0E1 #F0E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B796CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B796CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B796CE

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B796CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B796CE	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59DAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b796ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 150, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.087 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5dd',
    500: '#b796ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b796ce;
$custom-light: #cdb5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b796ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.357,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72247,
    "c": 0.08722,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.36336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B796CE

secondary

#DEE8D8

accent

#AF3668

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B796CE

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

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