#B96AE7#B96AE7

#B96AE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.191 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96AE7
RGB	rgb(185, 106, 231)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(278, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 54.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, 52.66, -51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 73.39, 315.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% 0.1265 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.191 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5828, 26.3927, 78.5949)
Luminance	0.2639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96AE7 #98E76A

analogous

#7A6AE7 #B96AE7 #E76AD6

triadic

#B96AE7 #E7B96A #6AE7B9

tetradic

#B96AE7 #E77A6A #98E76A #6AD6E7

square

#B96AE7 #E77A6A #98E76A #6AD6E7

split-complementary

#B96AE7 #D6E76A #6AE77A

monochromatic

#801EB9 #A035DF #B96AE7 #D29FEF #EBD3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#B96AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#B96AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96AE7

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96AE7	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4688EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4809F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 106, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.191 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d197ef',
    500: '#b96ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96ae7;
$custom-light: #d197ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.92,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66362,
    "c": 0.19104,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96AE7

secondary

#D1EBC2

accent

#D41159

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96AE7

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

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