#B196D1#B196D1

#B196D1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.089 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B196D1
RGB	rgb(177, 150, 209)
HSL	hsl(267, 39%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(267, 28%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 28.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 21.48, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 34.11, 309.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0512 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.089 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5442, 35.7634, 65.0763)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B196D1 #B6D196

analogous

#9698D1 #B196D1 #CF96D1

triadic

#B196D1 #D1B196 #96D1B1

tetradic

#B196D1 #D19698 #B6D196 #96D1CF

square

#B196D1 #D19698 #B6D196 #96D1CF

split-complementary

#B196D1 #D1CF96 #98D196

monochromatic

#7248A5 #916BBE #B196D1 #D1C1E4 #EFEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B196D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B196D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B196D1

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B196D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B196D1	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA0D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b196d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 150, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.089 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5df',
    500: '#b196d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b196d1;
$custom-light: #c9b5df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b196d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.458,
    "s": 39.073,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71818,
    "c": 0.08889,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B196D1

secondary

#E2E9D9

accent

#B23378

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B196D1

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

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