#B596B3#B596B3

#B596B3 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.054 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596B3
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 179)
HSL	hsl(304, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(304, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 1.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 16.66, -10.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 19.82, 327.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0463 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.054 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0981, 34.8919, 47.3669)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596B3 #96B598

analogous

#A896B5 #B596B3 #B596A4

triadic

#B596B3 #B3B596 #96B3B5

tetradic

#B596B3 #B5A896 #96B598 #96A4B5

square

#B596B3 #B5A896 #96B598 #96A4B5

split-complementary

#B596B3 #A4B596 #96B5A8

monochromatic

#7A5678 #9C7299 #B596B3 #CEBACD #E8DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B596B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#B596B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596B3

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596B3	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959DB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B798A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.054 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5c9',
    500: '#b596b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596b3;
$custom-light: #cbb5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.871,
    "s": 17.318,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71041,
    "c": 0.05444,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596B3

secondary

#CED9CF

accent

#9C4F4A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596B3

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

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