#B596F9#B596F9

#B596F9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.142 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596F9
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 249)
HSL	hsl(259, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(259, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 39.8%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 31.89, -45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 55.43, 305.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74% 0.0651 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.142 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0572, 38.4755, 94.5515)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596F9 #DAF996

analogous

#96A8F9 #B596F9 #E696F9

triadic

#B596F9 #F9B596 #96F9B5

tetradic

#B596F9 #F996A8 #DAF996 #96F9E6

square

#B596F9 #F996A8 #DAF996 #96F9E6

split-complementary

#B596F9 #F9E696 #A8F996

monochromatic

#6322F2 #8C5CF6 #B596F9 #DED0FC #EBE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B596F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B596F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596F9

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596F9	1.00	2.42	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA7FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A6F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.142 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5fb',
    500: '#b596f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596f9;
$custom-light: #cdb5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.788,
    "s": 89.189,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74003,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596F9

secondary

#EBF5D6

accent

#E6009E

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596F9

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

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