#B596E7#B596E7

#B596E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.119 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596E7
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 231)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(263, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 35.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, 27.65, -36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 45.96, 306.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.0614 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.119 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3831, 37.4059, 80.4676)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596E7 #C8E796

analogous

#96A0E7 #B596E7 #DE96E7

triadic

#B596E7 #E7B596 #96E7B5

tetradic

#B596E7 #E796A0 #C8E796 #96E7DE

square

#B596E7 #E796A0 #C8E796 #96E7DE

split-complementary

#B596E7 #E7DE96 #A0E796

monochromatic

#6F32D0 #9264DC #B596E7 #D8C8F2 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B596E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B596E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596E7

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596E7	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.119 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5ef',
    500: '#b596e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596e7;
$custom-light: #ccb5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.963,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73144,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596E7

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CB1B87

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596E7

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

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