#B596FF#B596FF

#B596FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.150 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596FF
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 255)
HSL	hsl(258, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(258, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 41.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 33.34, -48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 58.59, 304.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0662 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.15 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.0080, 38.8559, 99.5590)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596FF #E0FF96

analogous

#96ACFF #B596FF #E996FF

triadic

#B596FF #FFB596 #96FFB5

tetradic

#B596FF #FF96AC #E0FF96 #96FFE9

square

#B596FF #FF96AC #E0FF96 #96FFE9

split-complementary

#B596FF #FFE996 #ACFF96

monochromatic

#5F1CFF #8A59FF #B596FF #E0D3FF #E9E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B596FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B596FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596FF

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596FF	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA6FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.150 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5ff',
    500: '#b596ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596ff;
$custom-light: #cdb5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.714,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74303,
    "c": 0.15022,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596FF

secondary

#EDF7D4

accent

#E600A2

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596FF

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

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