#B596CF#B596CF

#B596CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.088 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596CF
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 207)
HSL	hsl(273, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(273, 28%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 27.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, 22.32, -24.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 33.45, 311.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.0552 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.088 309)
XYZ	xyz(41.2229, 36.1418, 63.8238)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596CF #B0CF96

analogous

#9996CF #B596CF #CF96CC

triadic

#B596CF #CFB596 #96CFB5

tetradic

#B596CF #CF9996 #B0CF96 #96CCCF

square

#B596CF #CF9996 #B0CF96 #96CCCF

split-complementary

#B596CF #CCCF96 #96CF99

monochromatic

#794AA1 #976CBC #B596CF #D3C0E2 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B596CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#B596CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596CF

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596CF	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA1D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.088 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5dd',
    500: '#b596cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596cf;
$custom-light: #cbb5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.632,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72102,
    "c": 0.08768,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.36141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596CF

secondary

#E0E8D8

accent

#B0356D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596CF

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

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