#B596EE#B596EE

#B596EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.128 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596EE
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 37%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 29.27, -40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 49.64, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% 0.063 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.128 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3916, 37.8093, 85.7789)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596EE #CFEE96

analogous

#96A3EE #B596EE #E196EE

triadic

#B596EE #EEB596 #96EEB5

tetradic

#B596EE #EE96A3 #CFEE96 #96EEE1

square

#B596EE #EE96A3 #CFEE96 #96EEE1

split-complementary

#B596EE #EEE196 #A3EE96

monochromatic

#6B2DDD #9061E5 #B596EE #DACBF7 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B596EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B596EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596EE

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596EE	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.128 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5f4',
    500: '#b596ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596ee;
$custom-light: #ccb5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.136,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7347,
    "c": 0.128,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596EE

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D41190

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596EE

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

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