#B596CB#B596CB

#B596CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.083 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596CB
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 203)
HSL	hsl(275, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(275, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 21.47, -22.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 31.40, 313.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0541 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.083 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7400, 35.9487, 61.2809)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596CB #ACCB96

analogous

#9B96CB #B596CB #CB96C7

triadic

#B596CB #CBB596 #96CBB5

tetradic

#B596CB #CB9B96 #ACCB96 #96C7CB

square

#B596CB #CB9B96 #ACCB96 #96C7CB

split-complementary

#B596CB #C7CB96 #96CB9B

monochromatic

#7A4C9A #986DB7 #B596CB #D2BFDF #EFE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B596CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#B596CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596CB

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596CB	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.083 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5db',
    500: '#b596cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596cb;
$custom-light: #cbb5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.094,
    "s": 33.758,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7194,
    "c": 0.08261,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596CB

secondary

#DDE6D7

accent

#AD3969

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596CB

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

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