#B596EB#B596EB

#B596EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.124 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596EB
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 235)
HSL	hsl(262, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 36.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 28.57, -38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 48.07, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% 0.0623 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.124 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9545, 37.6344, 83.4770)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596EB #CCEB96

analogous

#96A1EB #B596EB #DF96EB

triadic

#B596EB #EBB596 #96EBB5

tetradic

#B596EB #EB96A1 #CCEB96 #96EBDF

square

#B596EB #EB96A1 #CCEB96 #96EBDF

split-complementary

#B596EB #EBDF96 #A1EB96

monochromatic

#6D2FD7 #9163E1 #B596EB #D9C9F5 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B596EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B596EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596EB

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596EB	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.124 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5f1',
    500: '#b596eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596eb;
$custom-light: #ccb5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.882,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73329,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596EB

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D0168C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596EB

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

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