#B596DE#B596DE

#B596DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.107 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596DE
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 222)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(266, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 32.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 25.60, -32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 41.24, 308.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0593 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.107 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1445, 36.9105, 73.9446)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596DE #BFDE96

analogous

#969BDE #B596DE #D996DE

triadic

#B596DE #DEB596 #96DEB5

tetradic

#B596DE #DE969B #BFDE96 #96DED9

square

#B596DE #DE969B #BFDE96 #96DED9

split-complementary

#B596DE #DED996 #9BDE96

monochromatic

#743CBE #9467CF #B596DE #D6C5ED #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B596DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B596DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596DE

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596DE	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.107 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5e8',
    500: '#b596de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596de;
$custom-light: #ccb5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.833,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72739,
    "c": 0.10706,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596DE

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C0267D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596DE

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

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