#B596CA#B596CA

#B596CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.081 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596CA
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 202)
HSL	hsl(276, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(276, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 25.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 21.26, -22.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 30.90, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0538 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.081 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6213, 35.9012, 60.6553)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596CA #ABCA96

analogous

#9B96CA #B596CA #CA96C5

triadic

#B596CA #CAB596 #96CAB5

tetradic

#B596CA #CA9B96 #ABCA96 #96C5CA

square

#B596CA #CA9B96 #ABCA96 #96C5CA

split-complementary

#B596CA #C5CA96 #96CA9B

monochromatic

#7A4D99 #986DB5 #B596CA #D2BFDF #EEE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B596CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#B596CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596CA

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596CA	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.081 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5da',
    500: '#b596ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596ca;
$custom-light: #cbb5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.769,
    "s": 32.911,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.719,
    "c": 0.08135,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596CA

secondary

#DCE6D6

accent

#AC3A68

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596CA

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

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