#B596EC#B596EC

#B596EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.125 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596EC
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 236)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(262, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 36.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 28.81, -39.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 48.59, 306.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0625 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.125 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0994, 37.6924, 84.2400)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596EC #CDEC96

analogous

#96A2EC #B596EC #E096EC

triadic

#B596EC #ECB596 #96ECB5

tetradic

#B596EC #EC96A2 #CDEC96 #96ECE0

square

#B596EC #EC96A2 #CDEC96 #96ECE0

split-complementary

#B596EC #ECE096 #A2EC96

monochromatic

#6C2ED9 #9062E3 #B596EC #DACAF5 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B596EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#B596EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596EC

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596EC	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.125 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5f2',
    500: '#b596ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596ec;
$custom-light: #ccb5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.628,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73376,
    "c": 0.12538,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596EC

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D1148D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596EC

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

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