#B596BD#B596BD

#B596BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.066 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596BD
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(288, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(288, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, 18.60, -15.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 24.44, 319.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% 0.0497 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.066 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1464, 35.3112, 52.8878)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596BD #9EBD96

analogous

#A296BD #B596BD #BD96B2

triadic

#B596BD #BDB596 #96BDB5

tetradic

#B596BD #BDA296 #9EBD96 #96B2BD

square

#B596BD #BDA296 #9EBD96 #96B2BD

split-complementary

#B596BD #B2BD96 #96BDA2

monochromatic

#7B5485 #9B70A5 #B596BD #CFBCD5 #EAE1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B596BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B596BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596BD

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596BD	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.066 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5d1',
    500: '#b596bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596bd;
$custom-light: #cbb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.692,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71401,
    "c": 0.06553,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596BD

secondary

#D4DED1

accent

#A14457

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596BD

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

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