#B996EA#B996EA

#B996EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.124 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B996EA
RGB	rgb(185, 150, 234)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(265, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 35.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 29.51, -37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 47.78, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% 0.0667 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.124 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7621, 38.0675, 82.7629)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B996EA #C7EA96

analogous

#969DEA #B996EA #E396EA

triadic

#B996EA #EAB996 #96EAB9

tetradic

#B996EA #EA969D #C7EA96 #96EAE3

square

#B996EA #EA969D #C7EA96 #96EAE3

split-complementary

#B996EA #EAE396 #9DEA96

monochromatic

#7530D6 #9763E0 #B996EA #DBC9F4 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B996EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#B996EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B996EA

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B996EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B996EA	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b996ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 150, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.124 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb5f1',
    500: '#b996ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b996ea;
$custom-light: #cfb5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b996ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73644,
    "c": 0.12365,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B996EA

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CF1782

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B996EA

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

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