#B96FE5#B96FE5

#B96FE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.181 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96FE5
RGB	rgb(185, 111, 229)
HSL	hsl(278, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(278, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 51.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, 49.65, -48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 69.48, 315.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% 0.1198 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.181 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8323, 27.3411, 77.2926)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96FE5 #9BE56F

analogous

#7E6FE5 #B96FE5 #E56FD6

triadic

#B96FE5 #E5B96F #6FE5B9

tetradic

#B96FE5 #E57E6F #9BE56F #6FD6E5

square

#B96FE5 #E57E6F #9BE56F #6FD6E5

split-complementary

#B96FE5 #D6E56F #6FE57E

monochromatic

#8021B8 #A03BDC #B96FE5 #D2A3EE #EBD7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B96FE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#B96FE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96FE5

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96FE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96FE5	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#508BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6790E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B483A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96fe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 111, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.181 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09bee',
    500: '#b96fe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96fe5;
$custom-light: #d09bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96fe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.627,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66978,
    "c": 0.18113,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96FE5

secondary

#D3EBC5

accent

#D1145B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96FE5

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

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