#B595DD#B595DD

#B595DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B595DD
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 221)
HSL	hsl(267, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(267, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 32.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, 25.94, -32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 41.36, 308.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0604 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.107 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8520, 36.5392, 73.1878)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B595DD #BDDD95

analogous

#9599DD #B595DD #D995DD

triadic

#B595DD #DDB595 #95DDB5

tetradic

#B595DD #DD9599 #BDDD95 #95DDD9

square

#B595DD #DD9599 #BDDD95 #95DDD9

split-complementary

#B595DD #DDD995 #99DD95

monochromatic

#753CBB #9567CE #B595DD #D5C3EC #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B595DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B595DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B595DD

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B595DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B595DD	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b595dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb4e7',
    500: '#b595dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b595dd;
$custom-light: #ccb4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b595dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72512,
    "c": 0.10743,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B595DD

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#BF277B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B595DD

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

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