#B96DE5#B96DE5

#B96DE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.184 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96DE5
RGB	rgb(185, 109, 229)
HSL	hsl(278, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(278, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 52.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, 50.69, -49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 70.66, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.1224 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.184 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.6166, 26.9096, 77.2207)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96DE5 #99E56D

analogous

#7D6DE5 #B96DE5 #E56DD5

triadic

#B96DE5 #E5B96D #6DE5B9

tetradic

#B96DE5 #E57D6D #99E56D #6DD5E5

square

#B96DE5 #E57D6D #99E56D #6DD5E5

split-complementary

#B96DE5 #D5E56D #6DE57D

monochromatic

#8021B7 #A039DC #B96DE5 #D2A1EE #EBD5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#B96DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#B96DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96DE5

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96DE5	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D8AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4819F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 109, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.184 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d099ee',
    500: '#b96de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96de5;
$custom-light: #d099ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66684,
    "c": 0.18425,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96DE5

secondary

#D2EAC3

accent

#D21459

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96DE5

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

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