#B596CD#B596CD

#B596CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.085 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596CD
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(274, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(274, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 21.89, -23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 32.43, 312.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.0546 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.085 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9799, 36.0446, 62.5442)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596CD #AECD96

analogous

#9A96CD #B596CD #CD96CA

triadic

#B596CD #CDB596 #96CDB5

tetradic

#B596CD #CD9A96 #AECD96 #96CACD

square

#B596CD #CD9A96 #AECD96 #96CACD

split-complementary

#B596CD #CACD96 #96CD9A

monochromatic

#7A4B9E #986DB9 #B596CD #D2BFE1 #EFE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B596CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B596CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596CD

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596CD	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.085 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5dc',
    500: '#b596cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596cd;
$custom-light: #cbb5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.818,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72021,
    "c": 0.08514,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596CD

secondary

#DEE7D8

accent

#AE376B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596CD

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

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