#B596DD#B596DD

#B596DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.106 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596DD
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 221)
HSL	hsl(266, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(266, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 32.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 25.38, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 40.72, 308.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.059 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.106 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0109, 36.8570, 73.2408)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596DD #BEDD96

analogous

#969ADD #B596DD #D896DD

triadic

#B596DD #DDB596 #96DDB5

tetradic

#B596DD #DD969A #BEDD96 #96DDD8

square

#B596DD #DD969A #BEDD96 #96DDD8

split-complementary

#B596DD #DDD896 #9ADD96

monochromatic

#743DBC #9468CE #B596DD #D6C4EC #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B596DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#B596DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596DD

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596DD	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.106 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5e7',
    500: '#b596dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596dd;
$custom-light: #ccb5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.197,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72695,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596DD

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#BE277C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596DD

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

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