#B596F8#B596F8

#B596F8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.141 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596F8
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 248)
HSL	hsl(259, 88%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(259, 40%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 39.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, 31.65, -44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 54.91, 305.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% 0.0649 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.141 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9017, 38.4133, 93.7323)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596F8 #D9F896

analogous

#96A8F8 #B596F8 #E696F8

triadic

#B596F8 #F8B596 #96F8B5

tetradic

#B596F8 #F896A8 #D9F896 #96F8E6

square

#B596F8 #F896A8 #D9F896 #96F8E6

split-complementary

#B596F8 #F8E696 #A8F896

monochromatic

#6423F0 #8D5DF4 #B596F8 #DDCFFC #EBE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B596F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B596F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596F8

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596F8	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A6F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.141 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5fb',
    500: '#b596f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596f8;
$custom-light: #cdb5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.98,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73953,
    "c": 0.14109,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596F8

secondary

#EBF5D6

accent

#E4019C

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596F8

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

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