#B596F5#B596F5

#B596F5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.137 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596F5
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 245)
HSL	hsl(260, 83%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(260, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 38.8%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 30.93, -43.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 53.33, 305.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.0644 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.137 298)
XYZ	xyz(46.4400, 38.2286, 91.3007)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596F5 #D6F596

analogous

#96A6F5 #B596F5 #E596F5

triadic

#B596F5 #F5B596 #96F5B5

tetradic

#B596F5 #F596A6 #D6F596 #96F5E5

square

#B596F5 #F596A6 #D6F596 #96F5E5

split-complementary

#B596F5 #F5E596 #A6F596

monochromatic

#6626EA #8E5EF0 #B596F5 #DCCEFA #EBE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B596F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B596F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596F5

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596F5	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA6F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A5F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.137 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5f9',
    500: '#b596f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596f5;
$custom-light: #cdb5f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.579,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73806,
    "c": 0.13716,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.38229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596F5

secondary

#EBF4D7

accent

#DF0698

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596F5

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

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