#B596F7#B596F7

#B596F7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.140 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596F7
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 247)
HSL	hsl(259, 86%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(259, 39%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 39.3%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, 31.41, -44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 54.38, 305.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0648 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.14 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7470, 38.3514, 92.9174)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596F7 #D8F796

analogous

#96A7F7 #B596F7 #E596F7

triadic

#B596F7 #F7B596 #96F7B5

tetradic

#B596F7 #F796A7 #D8F796 #96F7E5

square

#B596F7 #F796A7 #D8F796 #96F7E5

split-complementary

#B596F7 #F7E596 #A7F796

monochromatic

#6524EE #8D5DF3 #B596F7 #DDCFFB #EBE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B596F7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B596F7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596F7

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596F7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596F7	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA7FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A5F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596f7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.140 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5fa',
    500: '#b596f7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596f7;
$custom-light: #cdb5fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596f7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.175,
    "s": 85.841,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73904,
    "c": 0.13979,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596F7

secondary

#EBF5D6

accent

#E2039B

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596F7

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

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