#B596E4#B596E4

#B596E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.115 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596E4
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 228)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 34.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, 26.96, -35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 44.39, 307.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0607 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.115 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9630, 37.2379, 78.2553)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596E4 #C5E496

analogous

#969EE4 #B596E4 #DC96E4

triadic

#B596E4 #E4B596 #96E4B5

tetradic

#B596E4 #E4969E #C5E496 #96E4DC

square

#B596E4 #E4969E #C5E496 #96E4DC

split-complementary

#B596E4 #E4DC96 #9EE496

monochromatic

#7035CB #9365D7 #B596E4 #D7C7F1 #EEE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B596E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B596E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596E4

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596E4	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.115 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5ec',
    500: '#b596e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596e4;
$custom-light: #ccb5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.846,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73007,
    "c": 0.1149,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596E4

secondary

#E8F0DB

accent

#C71F84

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596E4

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

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