#B596E1#B596E1

#B596E1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596E1
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 225)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(265, 33%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 33.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 26.28, -33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 42.81, 307.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% 0.06 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.111 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5502, 37.0727, 76.0810)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596E1 #C2E196

analogous

#969CE1 #B596E1 #DA96E1

triadic

#B596E1 #E1B596 #96E1B5

tetradic

#B596E1 #E1969C #C2E196 #96E1DA

square

#B596E1 #E1969C #C2E196 #96E1DA

split-complementary

#B596E1 #E1DA96 #9CE196

monochromatic

#7238C4 #9366D3 #B596E1 #D7C6EF #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B596E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#B596E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596E1

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596E1	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5ea',
    500: '#b596e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596e1;
$custom-light: #ccb5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.8,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72872,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596E1

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C32281

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596E1

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

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