#B196EE#B196EE

#B196EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.127 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B196EE
RGB	rgb(177, 150, 238)
HSL	hsl(258, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(258, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 37%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 28.13, -40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 49.45, 304.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% 0.0584 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.127 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4668, 37.3325, 85.7355)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B196EE #D3EE96

analogous

#96A7EE #B196EE #DD96EE

triadic

#B196EE #EEB196 #96EEB1

tetradic

#B196EE #EE96A7 #D3EE96 #96EEDD

square

#B196EE #EE96A7 #D3EE96 #96EEDD

split-complementary

#B196EE #EEDD96 #A7EE96

monochromatic

#632DDD #8A61E5 #B196EE #D8CBF7 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B196EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B196EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B196EE

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B196EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B196EE	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b196ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 150, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.127 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5f4',
    500: '#b196ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b196ee;
$custom-light: #cab5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b196ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.409,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73116,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B196EE

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D41198

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B196EE

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

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