#B596D4#B596D4

#B596D4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.094 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596D4
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 212)
HSL	hsl(270, 42%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(270, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 29.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, 23.40, -27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 36.03, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% 0.0566 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.094 307)
XYZ	xyz(41.8438, 36.3902, 67.0942)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596D4 #B5D496

analogous

#9696D4 #B596D4 #D496D4

triadic

#B596D4 #D4B596 #96D4B5

tetradic

#B596D4 #D49696 #B5D496 #96D4D4

square

#B596D4 #D49696 #B5D496 #96D4D4

split-complementary

#B596D4 #D4D496 #96D496

monochromatic

#7846AA #966BC2 #B596D4 #D4C1E6 #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B596D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B596D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596D4

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596D4	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A3D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.094 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5e1',
    500: '#b596d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596d4;
$custom-light: #ccb5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 41.892,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72309,
    "c": 0.09408,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.3639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596D4

secondary

#E3EBDB

accent

#B53173

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596D4

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

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