#B596DB#B596DB

#B596DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.103 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596DB
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 219)
HSL	hsl(267, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 31.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, 24.93, -30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 39.67, 308.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0585 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.103 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7460, 36.7511, 71.8458)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596DB #BCDB96

analogous

#9699DB #B596DB #D896DB

triadic

#B596DB #DBB596 #96DBB5

tetradic

#B596DB #DB9699 #BCDB96 #96DBD8

square

#B596DB #DB9699 #BCDB96 #96DBD8

split-complementary

#B596DB #DBD896 #99DB96

monochromatic

#753FB8 #9568CB #B596DB #D5C4EB #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B596DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B596DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596DB

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596DB	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.103 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5e6',
    500: '#b596db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596db;
$custom-light: #ccb5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.957,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72608,
    "c": 0.10316,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596DB

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BC297A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596DB

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

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