#B596BE#B596BE

#B596BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.067 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596BE
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(287, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(287, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 18.80, -16.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 24.92, 318.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.05 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.067 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2553, 35.3548, 53.4614)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596BE #9FBE96

analogous

#A196BE #B596BE #BE96B3

triadic

#B596BE #BEB596 #96BEB5

tetradic

#B596BE #BEA196 #9FBE96 #96B3BE

square

#B596BE #BEA196 #9FBE96 #96B3BE

split-complementary

#B596BE #B3BE96 #96BEA1

monochromatic

#7B5386 #9A70A7 #B596BE #D0BCD5 #EAE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B596BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B596BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596BE

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596BE	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.067 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5d1',
    500: '#b596be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596be;
$custom-light: #cbb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.5,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71438,
    "c": 0.0667,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596BE

secondary

#D4DED1

accent

#A24459

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596BE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →