#B196CD#B196CD

#B196CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.084 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B196CD
RGB	rgb(177, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(269, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(269, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, 20.61, -24.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 32.02, 310.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.0501 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.084 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0552, 35.5678, 62.5009)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B196CD #B2CD96

analogous

#9697CD #B196CD #CD96CD

triadic

#B196CD #CDB196 #96CDB1

tetradic

#B196CD #CD9697 #B2CD96 #96CDCD

square

#B196CD #CD9697 #B2CD96 #96CDCD

split-complementary

#B196CD #CDCD96 #97CD96

monochromatic

#744B9E #926DB9 #B196CD #D0BFE1 #EFE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B196CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#B196CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B196CD

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B196CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B196CD	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b196cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.084 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5dc',
    500: '#b196cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b196cd;
$custom-light: #c9b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b196cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.455,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71653,
    "c": 0.08365,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B196CD

secondary

#E0E7D8

accent

#AE3774

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B196CD

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

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