#B596FE#B596FE

#B596FE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.149 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596FE
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 254)
HSL	hsl(258, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(258, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 40.9%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 33.09, -47.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 58.06, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.066 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.149 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8475, 38.7916, 98.7134)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596FE #DFFE96

analogous

#96ABFE #B596FE #E996FE

triadic

#B596FE #FEB596 #96FEB5

tetradic

#B596FE #FE96AB #DFFE96 #96FEE9

square

#B596FE #FE96AB #DFFE96 #96FEE9

split-complementary

#B596FE #FEE996 #ABFE96

monochromatic

#601DFD #8A59FD #B596FE #E0D3FF #EAE1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B596FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B596FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596FE

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596FE	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA6FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.149 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5ff',
    500: '#b596fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596fe;
$custom-light: #cdb5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.885,
    "s": 98.113,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74253,
    "c": 0.14892,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596FE

secondary

#EDF7D4

accent

#E600A1

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596FE

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

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