#B896EB#B896EB

#B896EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.125 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B896EB
RGB	rgb(184, 150, 235)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(264, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 36.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 29.45, -38.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 48.24, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.0658 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.125 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6657, 38.0012, 83.5103)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B896EB #C9EB96

analogous

#969EEB #B896EB #E296EB

triadic

#B896EB #EBB896 #96EBB8

tetradic

#B896EB #EB969E #C9EB96 #96EBE2

square

#B896EB #EB969E #C9EB96 #96EBE2

split-complementary

#B896EB #EBE296 #9EEB96

monochromatic

#722FD7 #9563E1 #B896EB #DBC9F5 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B896EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B896EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B896EB

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B896EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B896EB	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b896eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 150, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.125 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb5f1',
    500: '#b896eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b896eb;
$custom-light: #ceb5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b896eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.736,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B896EB

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D01685

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B896EB

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

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