#B596FD#B596FD

#B596FD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.148 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596FD
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 253)
HSL	hsl(258, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(258, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 40.7%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, 32.85, -47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 57.54, 304.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% 0.0659 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.148 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6878, 38.7278, 97.8723)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596FD #DEFD96

analogous

#96ABFD #B596FD #E996FD

triadic

#B596FD #FDB596 #96FDB5

tetradic

#B596FD #FD96AB #DEFD96 #96FDE9

square

#B596FD #FD96AB #DEFD96 #96FDE9

split-complementary

#B596FD #FDE996 #ABFD96

monochromatic

#601EFB #8B5AFC #B596FD #DFD2FE #EAE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B596FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B596FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596FD

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596FD	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA6FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.148 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5fe',
    500: '#b596fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596fd;
$custom-light: #cdb5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.058,
    "s": 96.262,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74202,
    "c": 0.14761,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596FD

secondary

#ECF7D4

accent

#E600A0

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596FD

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

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