#B896CC#B896CC

#B896CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.085 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B896CC
RGB	rgb(184, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(278, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 22.65, -22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 32.26, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.0578 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.085 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5708, 36.3632, 61.9439)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B896CC #AACC96

analogous

#9D96CC #B896CC #CC96C5

triadic

#B896CC #CCB896 #96CCB8

tetradic

#B896CC #CC9D96 #AACC96 #96C5CC

square

#B896CC #CC9D96 #AACC96 #96C5CC

split-complementary

#B896CC #C5CC96 #96CC9D

monochromatic

#7E4C9C #9C6DB8 #B896CC #D4BFE0 #F0E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B896CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B896CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B896CC

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B896CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B896CC	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)

#8EA1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b896cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.085 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5db',
    500: '#b896cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b896cc;
$custom-light: #cdb5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b896cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.778,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7226,
    "c": 0.08518,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B896CC

secondary

#DDE7D7

accent

#AD3864

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B896CC

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

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