#B596FA#B596FA

#B596FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.144 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596FA
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 250)
HSL	hsl(259, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(259, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 40%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 32.13, -45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 55.96, 305.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% 0.0653 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.144 297)
XYZ	xyz(47.2136, 38.5381, 95.3751)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596FA #DBFA96

analogous

#96A9FA #B596FA #E796FA

triadic

#B596FA #FAB596 #96FAB5

tetradic

#B596FA #FA96A9 #DBFA96 #96FAE7

square

#B596FA #FA96A9 #DBFA96 #96FAE7

split-complementary

#B596FA #FAE796 #A9FA96

monochromatic

#6321F4 #8C5CF7 #B596FA #DED0FD #EAE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B596FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B596FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596FA

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596FA	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA7FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A6F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.144 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5fc',
    500: '#b596fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596fa;
$custom-light: #cdb5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.6,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74052,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.38539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596FA

secondary

#ECF6D5

accent

#E6009E

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596FA

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

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