#B496B8#B496B8

#B496B8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.059 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B496B8
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 184)
HSL	hsl(293, 19%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(293, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 17.27, -13.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 21.90, 322.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% 0.0469 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.059 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3793, 34.9774, 50.0676)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B496B8 #9AB896

analogous

#A396B8 #B496B8 #B896AB

triadic

#B496B8 #B8B496 #96B8B4

tetradic

#B496B8 #B8A396 #9AB896 #96ABB8

square

#B496B8 #B8A396 #9AB896 #96ABB8

split-complementary

#B496B8 #ABB896 #96B8A3

monochromatic

#79557E #9A719F #B496B8 #CEBBD1 #E8DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B496B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B496B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B496B8

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B496B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B496B8	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B599A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b496b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.059 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5cd',
    500: '#b496b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b496b8;
$custom-light: #cab5cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b496b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 19.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71124,
    "c": 0.05917,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B496B8

secondary

#D1DBCF

accent

#9E4852

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B496B8

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

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