#B596FB#B596FB

#B596FB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.145 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596FB
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 251)
HSL	hsl(258, 93%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(258, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 40.2%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 32.37, -46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 56.48, 304.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.0655 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.145 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3708, 38.6010, 96.2031)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596FB #DCFB96

analogous

#96A9FB #B596FB #E796FB

triadic

#B596FB #FBB596 #96FBB5

tetradic

#B596FB #FB96A9 #DCFB96 #96FBE7

square

#B596FB #FB96A9 #DCFB96 #96FBE7

split-complementary

#B596FB #FBE796 #A9FB96

monochromatic

#6220F7 #8B5BF9 #B596FB #DFD1FD #EAE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B596FB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B596FB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596FB

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596FB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596FB	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA6F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596fb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.145 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5fd',
    500: '#b596fb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596fb;
$custom-light: #cdb5fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596fb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.416,
    "s": 92.661,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74102,
    "c": 0.14501,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596FB

secondary

#ECF6D5

accent

#E6009F

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596FB

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

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