#B796D4#B796D4

#B796D4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.095 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B796D4
RGB	rgb(183, 150, 212)
HSL	hsl(272, 42%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(272, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 29.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, 24.03, -27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 36.22, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.0589 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.095 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3163, 36.6338, 67.1164)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B796D4 #B3D496

analogous

#9896D4 #B796D4 #D496D2

triadic

#B796D4 #D4B796 #96D4B7

tetradic

#B796D4 #D49896 #B3D496 #96D2D4

square

#B796D4 #D49896 #B3D496 #96D2D4

split-complementary

#B796D4 #D2D496 #96D498

monochromatic

#7B46AA #996BC2 #B796D4 #D5C1E6 #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B796D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B796D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B796D4

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B796D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B796D4	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA2D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A4D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39EAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b796d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 150, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.095 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5e1',
    500: '#b796d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b796d4;
$custom-light: #cdb5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b796d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.935,
    "s": 41.892,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72494,
    "c": 0.0948,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B796D4

secondary

#E2EBDB

accent

#B5316E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B796D4

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

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