#B596B2#B596B2

#B596B2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.053 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596B2
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(306, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(306, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 1.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, 16.47, -10.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 19.39, 328.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.0459 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.053 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9974, 34.8516, 46.8362)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596B2 #96B599

analogous

#A896B5 #B596B2 #B596A3

triadic

#B596B2 #B2B596 #96B2B5

tetradic

#B596B2 #B5A896 #96B599 #96A3B5

square

#B596B2 #B5A896 #96B599 #96A3B5

split-complementary

#B596B2 #A3B596 #96B5A8

monochromatic

#7A5677 #9C7298 #B596B2 #CEBACC #E8DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B596B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B596B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596B2

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596B2	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959DB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.053 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5c9',
    500: '#b596b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596b2;
$custom-light: #cbb5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.806,
    "s": 17.318,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71007,
    "c": 0.05342,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596B2

secondary

#CED9CF

accent

#9C524A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596B2

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

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