#B596F4#B596F4

#B596F4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.136 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596F4
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 244)
HSL	hsl(260, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(260, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 38.5%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, 30.69, -42.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 52.80, 305.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.0642 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.136 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.2878, 38.1678, 90.4989)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596F4 #D5F496

analogous

#96A6F4 #B596F4 #E496F4

triadic

#B596F4 #F4B596 #96F4B5

tetradic

#B596F4 #F496A6 #D5F496 #96F4E4

square

#B596F4 #F496A6 #D5F496 #96F4E4

split-complementary

#B596F4 #F4E496 #A6F496

monochromatic

#6727E8 #8E5FEE #B596F4 #DCCDFA #EBE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B596F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#B596F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596F4

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596F4	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA6F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A5F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.136 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5f8',
    500: '#b596f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596f4;
$custom-light: #cdb5f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.787,
    "s": 81.034,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73758,
    "c": 0.13586,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596F4

secondary

#EAF4D7

accent

#DD0897

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596F4

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

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