#B196FE#B196FE

#B196FE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.149 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B196FE
RGB	rgb(177, 150, 254)
HSL	hsl(256, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 40.9%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, 32.02, -48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 57.93, 303.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0614 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.149 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9228, 38.3148, 98.6701)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B196FE #E3FE96

analogous

#96AFFE #B196FE #E596FE

triadic

#B196FE #FEB196 #96FEB1

tetradic

#B196FE #FE96AF #E3FE96 #96FEE5

square

#B196FE #FE96AF #E3FE96 #96FEE5

split-complementary

#B196FE #FEE596 #AFFE96

monochromatic

#571DFD #8459FD #B196FE #DED3FF #E8E1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B196FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#B196FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B196FE

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B196FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B196FE	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7BA5FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b196fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 150, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.149 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5ff',
    500: '#b196fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b196fe;
$custom-light: #cbb5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b196fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.577,
    "s": 98.113,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73906,
    "c": 0.14852,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B196FE

secondary

#EEF7D4

accent

#E600AA

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#131118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B196FE

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

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