#B596DC#B596DC

#B596DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.104 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596DC
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 220)
HSL	hsl(267, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(267, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 31.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 25.16, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 40.20, 308.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% 0.0588 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.104 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8781, 36.8039, 72.5412)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596DC #BDDC96

analogous

#969ADC #B596DC #D896DC

triadic

#B596DC #DCB596 #96DCB5

tetradic

#B596DC #DC969A #BDDC96 #96DCD8

square

#B596DC #DC969A #BDDC96 #96DCD8

split-complementary

#B596DC #DCD896 #9ADC96

monochromatic

#753EBA #9568CD #B596DC #D5C4EB #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B596DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B596DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596DC

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596DC	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.104 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5e7',
    500: '#b596dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596dc;
$custom-light: #ccb5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.571,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72651,
    "c": 0.10446,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596DC

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BD287B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596DC

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

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