#B596DF#B596DF

#B596DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.108 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596DF
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 223)
HSL	hsl(265, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(265, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 32.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, 25.83, -32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 41.77, 308.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0595 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.108 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2789, 36.9642, 74.6525)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596DF #C0DF96

analogous

#969BDF #B596DF #D996DF

triadic

#B596DF #DFB596 #96DFB5

tetradic

#B596DF #DF969B #C0DF96 #96DFD9

square

#B596DF #DF969B #C0DF96 #96DFD9

split-complementary

#B596DF #DFD996 #9BDF96

monochromatic

#733BC0 #9467D1 #B596DF #D6C5ED #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B596DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#B596DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596DF

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596DF	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.108 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5e9',
    500: '#b596df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596df;
$custom-light: #ccb5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.479,
    "s": 53.285,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72783,
    "c": 0.10837,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596DF

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C1257F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596DF

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

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