#B196FC#B196FC

#B196FC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.146 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B196FC
RGB	rgb(177, 150, 252)
HSL	hsl(256, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 40.5%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, 31.52, -47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 56.87, 303.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0611 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.146 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6042, 38.1874, 96.9921)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B196FC #E1FC96

analogous

#96AEFC #B196FC #E496FC

triadic

#B196FC #FCB196 #96FCB1

tetradic

#B196FC #FC96AE #E1FC96 #96FCE4

square

#B196FC #FC96AE #E1FC96 #96FCE4

split-complementary

#B196FC #FCE496 #AEFC96

monochromatic

#591FF9 #855BFA #B196FC #DDD2FE #E9E1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B196FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B196FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B196FC

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B196FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B196FC	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA5F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b196fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 150, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.146 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5fe',
    500: '#b196fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b196fc;
$custom-light: #cab5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b196fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.882,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73804,
    "c": 0.14589,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B196FC

secondary

#EDF6D5

accent

#E600A9

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#131118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B196FC

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

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