#B596CC#B596CC

#B596CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.084 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596CC
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(274, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(274, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 21.68, -23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 31.92, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% 0.0543 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.084 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8596, 35.9965, 61.9105)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596CC #ADCC96

analogous

#9A96CC #B596CC #CC96C8

triadic

#B596CC #CCB596 #96CCB5

tetradic

#B596CC #CC9A96 #ADCC96 #96C8CC

square

#B596CC #CC9A96 #ADCC96 #96C8CC

split-complementary

#B596CC #C8CC96 #96CC9A

monochromatic

#7A4C9C #986DB8 #B596CC #D2BFE0 #EFE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B596CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#B596CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596CC

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596CC	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.084 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5db',
    500: '#b596cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596cc;
$custom-light: #cbb5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.444,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7198,
    "c": 0.08387,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596CC

secondary

#DEE7D7

accent

#AD386A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596CC

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

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