#B596ED#B596ED

#B596ED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.127 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596ED
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 237)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 36.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 29.04, -39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 49.12, 306.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.0627 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.127 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2450, 37.7507, 85.0073)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596ED #CEED96

analogous

#96A2ED #B596ED #E096ED

triadic

#B596ED #EDB596 #96EDB5

tetradic

#B596ED #ED96A2 #CEED96 #96EDE0

square

#B596ED #ED96A2 #CEED96 #96EDE0

split-complementary

#B596ED #EDE096 #A2ED96

monochromatic

#6B2EDB #9062E4 #B596ED #DACAF6 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B596ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B596ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596ED

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596ED	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.127 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5f3',
    500: '#b596ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596ed;
$custom-light: #ccb5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.379,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73423,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596ED

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D3138E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596ED

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

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