#B596E8#B596E8

#B596E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.120 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596E8
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 232)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(263, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 35.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, 27.88, -37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 46.49, 306.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.0616 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.12 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5247, 37.4625, 81.2136)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596E8 #C9E896

analogous

#96A0E8 #B596E8 #DE96E8

triadic

#B596E8 #E8B596 #96E8B5

tetradic

#B596E8 #E896A0 #C9E896 #96E8DE

square

#B596E8 #E896A0 #C9E896 #96E8DE

split-complementary

#B596E8 #E8DE96 #A0E896

monochromatic

#6E32D2 #9264DD #B596E8 #D8C8F3 #EDE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B596E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B596E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596E8

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596E8	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.120 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5ef',
    500: '#b596e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596e8;
$custom-light: #ccb5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.683,
    "s": 64.062,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7319,
    "c": 0.12014,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596E8

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CC1A88

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596E8

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

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