#B596BA#B596BA

#B596BA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.062 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596BA
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 186)
HSL	hsl(292, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(292, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 19.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, 18.01, -14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 23.01, 321.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.0487 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.062 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8241, 35.1823, 51.1905)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596BA #9BBA96

analogous

#A396BA #B596BA #BA96AD

triadic

#B596BA #BAB596 #96BAB5

tetradic

#B596BA #BAA396 #9BBA96 #96ADBA

square

#B596BA #BAA396 #9BBA96 #96ADBA

split-complementary

#B596BA #ADBA96 #96BAA3

monochromatic

#7B5581 #9B71A2 #B596BA #CFBBD2 #E9E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B596BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B596BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596BA

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596BA	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B699A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.062 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5ce',
    500: '#b596ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596ba;
$custom-light: #cbb5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.667,
    "s": 20.69,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7129,
    "c": 0.06208,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596BA

secondary

#D2DCD0

accent

#9F4653

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596BA

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

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