#B596BF#B596BF

#B596BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.068 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596BF
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 191)
HSL	hsl(285, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(285, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 21.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 19.00, -16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 25.41, 318.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0503 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.068 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3650, 35.3986, 54.0390)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596BF #A0BF96

analogous

#A196BF #B596BF #BF96B5

triadic

#B596BF #BFB596 #96BFB5

tetradic

#B596BF #BFA196 #A0BF96 #96B5BF

square

#B596BF #BFA196 #A0BF96 #96B5BF

split-complementary

#B596BF #B5BF96 #96BFA1

monochromatic

#7B5388 #9A70A8 #B596BF #D0BCD6 #EBE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B596BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#B596BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596BF

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596BF	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.068 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5d2',
    500: '#b596bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596bf;
$custom-light: #cbb5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.366,
    "s": 24.26,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71475,
    "c": 0.06789,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596BF

secondary

#D5DFD2

accent

#A3435A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596BF

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

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