#B595E2#B595E2

#B595E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.114 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B595E2
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 226)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(265, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 34.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 27.07, -34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 43.97, 307.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0617 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.114 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5281, 36.8097, 76.7486)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B595E2 #C2E295

analogous

#959BE2 #B595E2 #DB95E2

triadic

#B595E2 #E2B595 #95E2B5

tetradic

#B595E2 #E2959B #C2E295 #95E2DB

square

#B595E2 #E2959B #C2E295 #95E2DB

split-complementary

#B595E2 #E2DB95 #9BE295

monochromatic

#7236C6 #9365D5 #B595E2 #D7C5EF #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B595E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B595E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B595E2

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B595E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B595E2	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b595e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.114 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb4eb',
    500: '#b595e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b595e2;
$custom-light: #ccb4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b595e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.935,
    "s": 57.037,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72735,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B595E2

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C52181

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B595E2

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

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