#B196EA#B196EA

#B196EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.122 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B196EA
RGB	rgb(177, 150, 234)
HSL	hsl(259, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(259, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 35.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 27.18, -38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 47.33, 305.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% 0.0575 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.122 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8857, 37.1000, 82.6749)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B196EA #CFEA96

analogous

#96A5EA #B196EA #DB96EA

triadic

#B196EA #EAB196 #96EAB1

tetradic

#B196EA #EA96A5 #CFEA96 #96EADB

square

#B196EA #EA96A5 #CFEA96 #96EADB

split-complementary

#B196EA #EADB96 #A5EA96

monochromatic

#6530D6 #8B63E0 #B196EA #D7C9F4 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B196EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B196EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B196EA

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B196EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B196EA	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b196ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 150, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.122 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5f1',
    500: '#b196ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b196ea;
$custom-light: #cab5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b196ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.286,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72927,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B196EA

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CF1794

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B196EA

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

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