#B796E2#B796E2

#B796E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.113 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B796E2
RGB	rgb(183, 150, 226)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(266, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 33.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, 27.11, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 43.48, 308.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0625 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.113 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1594, 37.3711, 76.8237)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B796E2 #C1E296

analogous

#969BE2 #B796E2 #DD96E2

triadic

#B796E2 #E2B796 #96E2B7

tetradic

#B796E2 #E2969B #C1E296 #96E2DD

square

#B796E2 #E2969B #C1E296 #96E2DD

split-complementary

#B796E2 #E2DD96 #9BE296

monochromatic

#7537C7 #9666D5 #B796E2 #D8C6EF #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B796E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B796E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B796E2

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B796E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B796E2	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b796e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 150, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.113 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5eb',
    500: '#b796e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b796e2;
$custom-light: #cdb5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b796e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.053,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73099,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B796E2

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C4217D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B796E2

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

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