#B596C8#B596C8

#B596C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.079 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596C8
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 200)
HSL	hsl(277, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(277, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 25%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, 20.84, -21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 29.88, 314.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0532 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.079 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3860, 35.8070, 59.4163)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596C8 #A9C896

analogous

#9C96C8 #B596C8 #C896C2

triadic

#B596C8 #C8B596 #96C8B5

tetradic

#B596C8 #C89C96 #A9C896 #96C2C8

square

#B596C8 #C89C96 #A9C896 #96C2C8

split-complementary

#B596C8 #C2C896 #96C89C

monochromatic

#7A4E95 #996EB3 #B596C8 #D1BEDD #EEE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B596C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B596C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596C8

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596C8	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A2C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.079 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5d8',
    500: '#b596c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596c8;
$custom-light: #cbb5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.2,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71821,
    "c": 0.07885,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596C8

secondary

#DBE4D5

accent

#AA3C65

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596C8

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

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