#B896DB#B896DB

#B896DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.104 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B896DB
RGB	rgb(184, 150, 219)
HSL	hsl(270, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(270, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 31.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 25.86, -30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 39.92, 310.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0619 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.104 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4572, 37.1178, 71.8792)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B896DB #B9DB96

analogous

#9697DB #B896DB #DA96DB

triadic

#B896DB #DBB896 #96DBB8

tetradic

#B896DB #DB9697 #B9DB96 #96DBDA

square

#B896DB #DB9697 #B9DB96 #96DBDA

split-complementary

#B896DB #DBDA96 #97DB96

monochromatic

#7A3FB8 #9968CB #B896DB #D7C4EB #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B896DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B896DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B896DB

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B896DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B896DB	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A4D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b896db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 150, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.104 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb5e6',
    500: '#b896db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b896db;
$custom-light: #ceb5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b896db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.565,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72883,
    "c": 0.10408,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B896DB

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BC2974

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B896DB

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

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