#B596D2#B596D2

#B596D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.092 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596D2
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 210)
HSL	hsl(271, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(271, 29%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 28.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 22.96, -26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 35.00, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.0561 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.092 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5931, 36.2899, 65.7737)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596D2 #B3D296

analogous

#9796D2 #B596D2 #D296D1

triadic

#B596D2 #D2B596 #96D2B5

tetradic

#B596D2 #D29796 #B3D296 #96D1D2

square

#B596D2 #D29796 #B3D296 #96D1D2

split-complementary

#B596D2 #D1D296 #96D297

monochromatic

#7847A6 #976BC0 #B596D2 #D3C1E4 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B596D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B596D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596D2

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596D2	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A3D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.092 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5e0',
    500: '#b596d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596d2;
$custom-light: #cbb5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72226,
    "c": 0.09152,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596D2

secondary

#E2EADA

accent

#B33271

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596D2

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

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