#B196FD#B196FD

#B196FD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.147 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B196FD
RGB	rgb(177, 150, 253)
HSL	hsl(256, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 40.7%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 31.77, -47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 57.40, 303.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.0613 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.147 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7630, 38.2509, 97.8289)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B196FD #E2FD96

analogous

#96AFFD #B196FD #E596FD

triadic

#B196FD #FDB196 #96FDB1

tetradic

#B196FD #FD96AF #E2FD96 #96FDE5

square

#B196FD #FD96AF #E2FD96 #96FDE5

split-complementary

#B196FD #FDE596 #AFFD96

monochromatic

#581EFB #845AFC #B196FD #DED2FE #E9E1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B196FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B196FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B196FD

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B196FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B196FD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA5FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b196fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 150, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.147 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5fe',
    500: '#b196fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b196fd;
$custom-light: #cab5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b196fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.728,
    "s": 96.262,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73855,
    "c": 0.14721,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B196FD

secondary

#EEF7D4

accent

#E600A9

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#131118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B196FD

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

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