#B196DB#B196DB

#B196DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.102 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B196DB
RGB	rgb(177, 150, 219)
HSL	hsl(263, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(263, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 31.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 23.71, -31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 39.38, 307.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0539 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.102 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8213, 36.2743, 71.8025)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B196DB #C0DB96

analogous

#969EDB #B196DB #D396DB

triadic

#B196DB #DBB196 #96DBB1

tetradic

#B196DB #DB969E #C0DB96 #96DBD3

square

#B196DB #DB969E #C0DB96 #96DBD3

split-complementary

#B196DB #DBD396 #9EDB96

monochromatic

#6E3FB8 #8F68CB #B196DB #D3C4EB #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B196DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B196DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B196DB

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B196DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B196DB	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b196db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 150, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.102 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5e6',
    500: '#b196db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b196db;
$custom-light: #c9b5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b196db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72246,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B196DB

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BC2983

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B196DB

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

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