#B596F2#B596F2

#B596F2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.133 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596F2
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 242)
HSL	hsl(260, 78%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(260, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 38%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 30.22, -42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 51.75, 305.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.0638 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.133 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9857, 38.0469, 88.9083)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596F2 #D3F296

analogous

#96A5F2 #B596F2 #E396F2

triadic

#B596F2 #F2B596 #96F2B5

tetradic

#B596F2 #F296A5 #D3F296 #96F2E3

square

#B596F2 #F296A5 #D3F296 #96F2E3

split-complementary

#B596F2 #F2E396 #A5F296

monochromatic

#6829E5 #8F60EB #B596F2 #DBCCF9 #ECE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B596F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#B596F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596F2

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596F2	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA6F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A5F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.133 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5f6',
    500: '#b596f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596f2;
$custom-light: #cdb5f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.217,
    "s": 77.966,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73661,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596F2

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#DA0B94

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FE

border

#D2D0D6

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596F2

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

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