#B596F0#B596F0

#B596F0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.131 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596F0
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 240)
HSL	hsl(261, 75%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 38%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 37.5%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 29.74, -41.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 50.70, 305.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0634 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.131 299)
XYZ	xyz(45.6870, 37.9275, 87.3350)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596F0 #D1F096

analogous

#96A4F0 #B596F0 #E296F0

triadic

#B596F0 #F0B596 #96F0B5

tetradic

#B596F0 #F096A4 #D1F096 #96F0E2

square

#B596F0 #F096A4 #D1F096 #96F0E2

split-complementary

#B596F0 #F0E296 #A4F096

monochromatic

#6A2BE1 #8F60E8 #B596F0 #DBCCF8 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B596F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B596F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596F0

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596F0	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA6F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.131 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5f5',
    500: '#b596f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596f0;
$custom-light: #cdb5f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.667,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73565,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.37928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596F0

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D70E92

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FE

border

#D2D0D6

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596F0

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

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