#B596CE#B596CE

#B596CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.086 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596CE
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 206)
HSL	hsl(273, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(273, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 27.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 22.11, -24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 32.94, 312.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0549 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.086 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1010, 36.0930, 63.1820)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596CE #AFCE96

analogous

#9996CE #B596CE #CE96CB

triadic

#B596CE #CEB596 #96CEB5

tetradic

#B596CE #CE9996 #AFCE96 #96CBCE

square

#B596CE #CE9996 #AFCE96 #96CBCE

split-complementary

#B596CE #CBCE96 #96CE99

monochromatic

#794A9F #986CBB #B596CE #D2C0E1 #F0E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B596CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B596CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596CE

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596CE	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29DAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.086 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5dd',
    500: '#b596ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596ce;
$custom-light: #cbb5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.214,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72061,
    "c": 0.08641,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596CE

secondary

#DFE8D8

accent

#AF366C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596CE

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

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