#B496BB#B496BB

#B496BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.063 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B496BB
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(289, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(289, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 17.87, -14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 23.32, 320.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% 0.0479 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.063 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6971, 35.1045, 51.7414)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B496BB #9DBB96

analogous

#A196BB #B496BB #BB96AF

triadic

#B496BB #BBB496 #96BBB4

tetradic

#B496BB #BBA196 #9DBB96 #96AFBB

square

#B496BB #BBA196 #9DBB96 #96AFBB

split-complementary

#B496BB #AFBB96 #96BBA1

monochromatic

#7A5482 #9971A3 #B496BB #CFBBD3 #E9E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B496BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#B496BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B496BB

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B496BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B496BB	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b496bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.063 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5cf',
    500: '#b496bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b496bb;
$custom-light: #cab5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b496bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.649,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71233,
    "c": 0.06261,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B496BB

secondary

#D3DCD0

accent

#A04657

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B496BB

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

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