#B196FF#B196FF

#B196FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.150 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B196FF
RGB	rgb(177, 150, 255)
HSL	hsl(255, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 41.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 32.26, -48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 58.46, 303.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.0616 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.15 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0833, 38.3791, 99.5156)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B196FF #E4FF96

analogous

#96B0FF #B196FF #E696FF

triadic

#B196FF #FFB196 #96FFB1

tetradic

#B196FF #FF96B0 #E4FF96 #96FFE6

square

#B196FF #FF96B0 #E4FF96 #96FFE6

split-complementary

#B196FF #FFE696 #B0FF96

monochromatic

#561CFF #8459FF #B196FF #DED3FF #E8E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B196FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B196FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B196FF

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B196FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B196FF	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA5FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b196ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 150, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.150 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5ff',
    500: '#b196ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b196ff;
$custom-light: #cbb5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b196ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.429,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73957,
    "c": 0.14983,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B196FF

secondary

#EEF7D4

accent

#E600AA

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#131118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B196FF

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

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