#B96DE9#B96DE9

#B96DE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.189 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96DE9
RGB	rgb(185, 109, 233)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(277, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 53.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, 51.56, -51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 72.61, 315.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% 0.1227 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.189 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1815, 27.1355, 80.1959)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96DE9 #9DE96D

analogous

#7B6DE9 #B96DE9 #E96DDB

triadic

#B96DE9 #E9B96D #6DE9B9

tetradic

#B96DE9 #E97B6D #9DE96D #6DDBE9

square

#B96DE9 #E97B6D #9DE96D #6DDBE9

split-complementary

#B96DE9 #DBE96D #6DE97B

monochromatic

#801DBF #9F38E1 #B96DE9 #D3A2F1 #ECD7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B96DE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#B96DE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96DE9

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96DE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96DE9	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A8BED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6390E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B382A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96de9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 109, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.189 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d199f0',
    500: '#b96de9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96de9;
$custom-light: #d199f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96de9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.774,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66906,
    "c": 0.18862,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96DE9

secondary

#D4EDC5

accent

#D6105C

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96DE9

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

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