#B96DE3#B96DE3

#B96DE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.182 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96DE3
RGB	rgb(185, 109, 227)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(279, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 52%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, 50.26, -48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 69.69, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.1223 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.182 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3389, 26.7985, 75.7585)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96DE3 #97E36D

analogous

#7E6DE3 #B96DE3 #E36DD2

triadic

#B96DE3 #E3B96D #6DE3B9

tetradic

#B96DE3 #E37E6D #97E36D #6DD2E3

square

#B96DE3 #E37E6D #97E36D #6DD2E3

split-complementary

#B96DE3 #D2E36D #6DE37E

monochromatic

#8022B3 #A03AD9 #B96DE3 #D2A0ED #EAD4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#B96DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#B96DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96DE3

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96DE3	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F89E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5809E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 109, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.182 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d099ec',
    500: '#b96de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96de3;
$custom-light: #d099ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.644,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66574,
    "c": 0.18207,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96DE3

secondary

#D0E9C2

accent

#D01658

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96DE3

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

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