#B196BB#B196BB

#B196BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.061 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B196BB
RGB	rgb(177, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(284, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(284, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 16.84, -15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 22.84, 317.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0444 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.061 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0061, 34.7482, 51.7090)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B196BB #A0BB96

analogous

#9E96BB #B196BB #BB96B2

triadic

#B196BB #BBB196 #96BBB1

tetradic

#B196BB #BB9E96 #A0BB96 #96B2BB

square

#B196BB #BB9E96 #A0BB96 #96B2BB

split-complementary

#B196BB #B2BB96 #96BB9E

monochromatic

#765482 #9571A3 #B196BB #CDBBD3 #E8E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B196BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B196BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B196BB

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B196BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B196BB	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b196bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.061 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b5cf',
    500: '#b196bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b196bb;
$custom-light: #c8b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b196bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.784,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70953,
    "c": 0.06088,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B196BB

secondary

#D4DCD0

accent

#A0465E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B196BB

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

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