#B581CB#B581CB

#B581CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.120 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B581CB
RGB	rgb(181, 129, 203)
HSL	hsl(282, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(282, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 36.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, 33.21, -30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 45.13, 317.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% 0.0854 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.12 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6842, 29.8369, 60.2623)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B581CB #97CB81

analogous

#9081CB #B581CB #CB81BC

triadic

#B581CB #CBB581 #81CBB5

tetradic

#B581CB #CB9081 #97CB81 #81BCCB

square

#B581CB #CB9081 #97CB81 #81BCCB

split-complementary

#B581CB #BCCB81 #81CB90

monochromatic

#7A3D94 #9C56B9 #B581CB #CEACDD #E8D8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#B581CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#B581CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B581CB

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B581CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B581CB	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7591CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8296C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b581cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 129, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.120 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca6db',
    500: '#b581cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b581cb;
$custom-light: #cca6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b581cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.162,
    "s": 41.573,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68152,
    "c": 0.11977,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B581CB

secondary

#CFE0C7

accent

#B53158

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#130F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B581CB

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

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