#B596E2#B596E2

#B596E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.112 H 302.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596E2
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 226)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 33.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 26.51, -34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 43.34, 307.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0602 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.112 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6870, 37.1274, 76.8015)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596E2 #C3E296

analogous

#969DE2 #B596E2 #DB96E2

triadic

#B596E2 #E2B596 #96E2B5

tetradic

#B596E2 #E2969D #C3E296 #96E2DB

square

#B596E2 #E2969D #C3E296 #96E2DB

split-complementary

#B596E2 #E2DB96 #9DE296

monochromatic

#7237C7 #9366D5 #B596E2 #D7C6EF #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B596E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B596E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596E2

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596E2	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.112 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5eb',
    500: '#b596e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596e2;
$custom-light: #ccb5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.474,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72917,
    "c": 0.11229,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596E2

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C42182

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596E2

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

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