#B996FA#B996FA

#B996FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.144 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B996FA
RGB	rgb(185, 150, 250)
HSL	hsl(261, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 40%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, 33.23, -45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 56.13, 306.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0699 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.144 299)
XYZ	xyz(48.1653, 39.0288, 95.4197)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B996FA #D7FA96

analogous

#96A5FA #B996FA #EB96FA

triadic

#B996FA #FAB996 #96FAB9

tetradic

#B996FA #FA96A5 #D7FA96 #96FAEB

square

#B996FA #FA96A5 #D7FA96 #96FAEB

split-complementary

#B996FA #FAEB96 #A5FA96

monochromatic

#6B21F4 #925CF7 #B996FA #E0D0FD #ECE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B996FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B996FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B996FA

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B996FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B996FA	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA8FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A7F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b996fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 150, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.144 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5fc',
    500: '#b996fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b996fa;
$custom-light: #d0b5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b996fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74407,
    "c": 0.1443,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.39029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B996FA

secondary

#EAF6D5

accent

#E60095

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B996FA

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

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