#B595CD#B595CD

#B595CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.087 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B595CD
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 205)
HSL	hsl(274, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(274, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 27.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, 22.45, -24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 33.08, 312.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% 0.0561 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.087 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8210, 35.7268, 62.4913)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B595CD #ADCD95

analogous

#9995CD #B595CD #CD95C9

triadic

#B595CD #CDB595 #95CDB5

tetradic

#B595CD #CD9995 #ADCD95 #95C9CD

square

#B595CD #CD9995 #ADCD95 #95C9CD

split-complementary

#B595CD #C9CD95 #95CD99

monochromatic

#7A4A9D #986BB9 #B595CD #D2BFE1 #EFE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B595CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B595CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B595CD

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B595CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B595CD	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b595cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.087 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4dc',
    500: '#b595cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b595cd;
$custom-light: #cbb4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b595cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71834,
    "c": 0.08689,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B595CD

secondary

#DEE7D7

accent

#AF376A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B595CD

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

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