#B496B2#B496B2

#B496B2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.053 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B496B2
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(304, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(304, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, 16.12, -10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 19.17, 327.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0448 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.053 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7637, 34.7311, 46.8253)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B496B2 #96B498

analogous

#A796B4 #B496B2 #B496A3

triadic

#B496B2 #B2B496 #96B2B4

tetradic

#B496B2 #B4A796 #96B498 #96A3B4

square

#B496B2 #B4A796 #96B498 #96A3B4

split-complementary

#B496B2 #A3B496 #96B4A7

monochromatic

#795677 #9B7298 #B496B2 #CEBACC #E7DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B496B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B496B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B496B2

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B496B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B496B2	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)

#959DB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b496b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.053 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5c9',
    500: '#b496b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b496b2;
$custom-light: #cab5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b496b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70912,
    "c": 0.05265,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B496B2

secondary

#CED8CE

accent

#9B504B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B496B2

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

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