#B596BC#B596BC

#B596BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.064 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596BC
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(289, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(289, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 18.41, -15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 23.96, 320.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0493 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.064 320)
XYZ	xyz(39.0382, 35.2679, 52.3181)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596BC #9DBC96

analogous

#A296BC #B596BC #BC96B0

triadic

#B596BC #BCB596 #96BCB5

tetradic

#B596BC #BCA296 #9DBC96 #96B0BC

square

#B596BC #BCA296 #9DBC96 #96B0BC

split-complementary

#B596BC #B0BC96 #96BCA2

monochromatic

#7B5484 #9B71A4 #B596BC #CFBBD4 #EAE1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B596BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#B596BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596BC

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596BC	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.064 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5d0',
    500: '#b596bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596bc;
$custom-light: #cbb5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.947,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71364,
    "c": 0.06438,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.35267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596BC

secondary

#D3DDD1

accent

#A14556

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596BC

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

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