#B96AE3#B96AE3

#B96AE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.187 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96AE3
RGB	rgb(185, 106, 227)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(279, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 53.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, 51.81, -49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 71.46, 316.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% 0.1262 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.187 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0243, 26.1693, 75.6536)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96AE3 #94E36A

analogous

#7D6AE3 #B96AE3 #E36AD0

triadic

#B96AE3 #E3B96A #6AE3B9

tetradic

#B96AE3 #E37D6A #94E36A #6AD0E3

square

#B96AE3 #E37D6A #94E36A #6AD0E3

split-complementary

#B96AE3 #D0E36A #6AE37D

monochromatic

#7F21B1 #A136D9 #B96AE3 #D19EED #E9D1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#B96AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#B96AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96AE3

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96AE3	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A88E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 106, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.187 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d197ec',
    500: '#b96ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96ae3;
$custom-light: #d197ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.174,
    "s": 68.362,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66139,
    "c": 0.18674,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96AE3

secondary

#CEE9C0

accent

#D01556

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96AE3

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

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