#B896CE#B896CE

#B896CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.088 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B896CE
RGB	rgb(184, 150, 206)
HSL	hsl(276, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(276, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 27.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 23.07, -23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 33.27, 313.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% 0.0584 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.088 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8122, 36.4598, 63.2153)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B896CE #ACCE96

analogous

#9C96CE #B896CE #CE96C8

triadic

#B896CE #CEB896 #96CEB8

tetradic

#B896CE #CE9C96 #ACCE96 #96C8CE

square

#B896CE #CE9C96 #ACCE96 #96C8CE

split-complementary

#B896CE #C8CE96 #96CE9C

monochromatic

#7E4A9F #9C6CBB #B896CE #D4C0E1 #F0E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B896CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B896CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B896CE

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B896CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B896CE	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69DAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b896ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 150, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.088 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb5dd',
    500: '#b896ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b896ce;
$custom-light: #ceb5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b896ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.429,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72341,
    "c": 0.08765,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B896CE

secondary

#DEE8D8

accent

#AF3666

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B896CE

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

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