#B596E6#B596E6

#B596E6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.118 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596E6
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 230)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(263, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 34.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, 27.42, -36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 45.44, 307.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0612 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.118 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2423, 37.3496, 79.7259)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596E6 #C7E696

analogous

#969FE6 #B596E6 #DD96E6

triadic

#B596E6 #E6B596 #96E6B5

tetradic

#B596E6 #E6969F #C7E696 #96E6DD

square

#B596E6 #E6969F #C7E696 #96E6DD

split-complementary

#B596E6 #E6DD96 #9FE696

monochromatic

#6F33CE #9265DA #B596E6 #D8C7F2 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B596E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B596E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596E6

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596E6	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.118 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5ee',
    500: '#b596e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596e6;
$custom-light: #ccb5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.25,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73098,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596E6

secondary

#E8F0DB

accent

#C91C86

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596E6

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

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