#B596EF#B596EF

#B596EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.129 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596EF
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 239)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 37.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, 29.51, -40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 50.17, 306.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0632 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.129 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5389, 37.8682, 86.5548)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596EF #D0EF96

analogous

#96A4EF #B596EF #E296EF

triadic

#B596EF #EFB596 #96EFB5

tetradic

#B596EF #EF96A4 #D0EF96 #96EFE2

square

#B596EF #EF96A4 #D0EF96 #96EFE2

split-complementary

#B596EF #EFE296 #A4EF96

monochromatic

#6A2CDF #9061E7 #B596EF #DACBF7 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B596EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#B596EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596EF

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596EF	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.129 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5f4',
    500: '#b596ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596ef;
$custom-light: #cdb5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.899,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73517,
    "c": 0.12931,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596EF

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D61091

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596EF

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

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