#B196FA#B196FA

#B196FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.143 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B196FA
RGB	rgb(177, 150, 250)
HSL	hsl(256, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(256, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 40%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 31.03, -46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 55.81, 303.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% 0.0607 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.143 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2889, 38.0613, 95.3318)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B196FA #DFFA96

analogous

#96ADFA #B196FA #E396FA

triadic

#B196FA #FAB196 #96FAB1

tetradic

#B196FA #FA96AD #DFFA96 #96FAE3

square

#B196FA #FA96AD #DFFA96 #96FAE3

split-complementary

#B196FA #FAE396 #ADFA96

monochromatic

#5A21F4 #865CF7 #B196FA #DCD0FD #E9E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B196FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#B196FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B196FA

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B196FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B196FA	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A7FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA4F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b196fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 150, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.143 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5fc',
    500: '#b196fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b196fa;
$custom-light: #cab5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b196fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.2,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73704,
    "c": 0.14325,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B196FA

secondary

#EDF6D5

accent

#E600A8

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B196FA

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

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