#B596F3#B596F3

#B596F3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.135 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596F3
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 243)
HSL	hsl(260, 79%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(260, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 38.3%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 30.45, -42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 52.28, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.064 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.135 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1363, 38.1072, 89.7014)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596F3 #D4F396

analogous

#96A6F3 #B596F3 #E496F3

triadic

#B596F3 #F3B596 #96F3B5

tetradic

#B596F3 #F396A6 #D4F396 #96F3E4

square

#B596F3 #F396A6 #D4F396 #96F3E4

split-complementary

#B596F3 #F3E496 #A6F396

monochromatic

#6828E6 #8E5FED #B596F3 #DCCDF9 #ECE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B596F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B596F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596F3

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596F3	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA6F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A5F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.135 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5f7',
    500: '#b596f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596f3;
$custom-light: #cdb5f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73709,
    "c": 0.13455,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596F3

secondary

#EAF4D7

accent

#DC0A96

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596F3

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

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