#B896CA#B896CA

#B896CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.083 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B896CA
RGB	rgb(184, 150, 202)
HSL	hsl(279, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 25.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 22.24, -21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 31.26, 315.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% 0.0572 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.083 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3325, 36.2679, 60.6887)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B896CA #A8CA96

analogous

#9E96CA #B896CA #CA96C2

triadic

#B896CA #CAB896 #96CAB8

tetradic

#B896CA #CA9E96 #A8CA96 #96C2CA

square

#B896CA #CA9E96 #A8CA96 #96C2CA

split-complementary

#B896CA #C2CA96 #96CA9E

monochromatic

#7E4D99 #9C6DB5 #B896CA #D4BFDF #EFE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B896CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B896CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B896CA

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B896CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B896CA	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)

#8FA0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79CA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b896ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 150, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.083 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5da',
    500: '#b896ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b896ca;
$custom-light: #cdb5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b896ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 32.911,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72181,
    "c": 0.08272,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B896CA

secondary

#DCE6D6

accent

#AC3A61

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B896CA

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

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