#B596DA#B596DA

#B596DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.102 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596DA
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 218)
HSL	hsl(267, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 31.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, 24.71, -30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 39.15, 309.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.0582 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.102 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6148, 36.6986, 71.1546)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596DA #BBDA96

analogous

#9699DA #B596DA #D796DA

triadic

#B596DA #DAB596 #96DAB5

tetradic

#B596DA #DA9699 #BBDA96 #96DAD7

square

#B596DA #DA9699 #BBDA96 #96DAD7

split-complementary

#B596DA #DAD796 #99DA96

monochromatic

#7640B6 #9569CA #B596DA #D5C3EA #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B596DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B596DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596DA

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596DA	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.102 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5e5',
    500: '#b596da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596da;
$custom-light: #ccb5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.353,
    "s": 47.887,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72565,
    "c": 0.10186,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596DA

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BB2A79

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596DA

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

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