#B196FB#B196FB

#B196FB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.145 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B196FB
RGB	rgb(177, 150, 251)
HSL	hsl(256, 93%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 40.2%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 31.28, -46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 56.34, 303.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% 0.0609 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.145 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4461, 38.1242, 96.1598)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B196FB #E0FB96

analogous

#96ADFB #B196FB #E496FB

triadic

#B196FB #FBB196 #96FBB1

tetradic

#B196FB #FB96AD #E0FB96 #96FBE4

square

#B196FB #FB96AD #E0FB96 #96FBE4

split-complementary

#B196FB #FBE496 #ADFB96

monochromatic

#5920F7 #855BF9 #B196FB #DDD1FD #E9E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B196FB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B196FB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B196FB

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B196FB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B196FB	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA5F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b196fb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 150, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.145 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5fd',
    500: '#b196fb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b196fb;
$custom-light: #cab5fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b196fb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.04,
    "s": 92.661,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73754,
    "c": 0.14457,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B196FB

secondary

#EDF6D5

accent

#E600A8

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B196FB

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

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