#B896F8#B896F8

#B896F8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.142 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B896F8
RGB	rgb(184, 150, 248)
HSL	hsl(261, 88%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 40%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 39.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 32.48, -44.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 55.04, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0684 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.142 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6129, 38.7800, 93.7656)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B896F8 #D6F896

analogous

#96A5F8 #B896F8 #E996F8

triadic

#B896F8 #F8B896 #96F8B8

tetradic

#B896F8 #F896A5 #D6F896 #96F8E9

square

#B896F8 #F896A5 #D6F896 #96F8E9

split-complementary

#B896F8 #F8E996 #A5F896

monochromatic

#6A23F0 #915DF4 #B896F8 #DFCFFC #ECE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B896F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B896F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B896F8

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B896F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B896F8	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A6F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b896f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 150, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.142 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb5fb',
    500: '#b896f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b896f8;
$custom-light: #cfb5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b896f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.816,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7422,
    "c": 0.14154,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B896F8

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E40195

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B896F8

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

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