#B196EF#B196EF

#B196EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.129 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B196EF
RGB	rgb(177, 150, 239)
HSL	hsl(258, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(258, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 37.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 28.37, -41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 49.98, 304.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% 0.0586 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.129 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6142, 37.3914, 86.5114)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B196EF #D4EF96

analogous

#96A8EF #B196EF #DE96EF

triadic

#B196EF #EFB196 #96EFB1

tetradic

#B196EF #EF96A8 #D4EF96 #96EFDE

square

#B196EF #EF96A8 #D4EF96 #96EFDE

split-complementary

#B196EF #EFDE96 #A8EF96

monochromatic

#622CDF #8A61E7 #B196EF #D8CBF7 #EBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B196EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B196EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B196EF

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B196EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B196EF	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b196ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 150, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.129 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5f4',
    500: '#b196ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b196ef;
$custom-light: #cab5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b196ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.202,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73164,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B196EF

secondary

#EBF3D8

accent

#D6109A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B196EF

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

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