#B596BB#B596BB

#B596BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.063 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596BB
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(290, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(290, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 18.21, -14.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 23.49, 320.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.049 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.063 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9308, 35.2250, 51.7523)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596BB #9CBB96

analogous

#A296BB #B596BB #BB96AE

triadic

#B596BB #BBB596 #96BBB5

tetradic

#B596BB #BBA296 #9CBB96 #96AEBB

square

#B596BB #BBA296 #9CBB96 #96AEBB

split-complementary

#B596BB #AEBB96 #96BBA2

monochromatic

#7B5482 #9B71A3 #B596BB #CFBBD3 #E9E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B596BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B596BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596BB

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596BB	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)

#929EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.063 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5cf',
    500: '#b596bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596bb;
$custom-light: #cbb5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.27,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71327,
    "c": 0.06322,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596BB

secondary

#D2DCD0

accent

#A04654

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596BB

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

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