#B596C2#B596C2

#B596C2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.071 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596C2
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 194)
HSL	hsl(282, 27%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(282, 23%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 22.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 19.61, -18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 26.88, 316.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% 0.0513 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.071 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6985, 35.5321, 55.7955)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596C2 #A3C296

analogous

#9F96C2 #B596C2 #C296B9

triadic

#B596C2 #C2B596 #96C2B5

tetradic

#B596C2 #C29F96 #A3C296 #96B9C2

square

#B596C2 #C29F96 #A3C296 #96B9C2

split-complementary

#B596C2 #B9C296 #96C29F

monochromatic

#7B518C #9A6FAC #B596C2 #D0BDD8 #ECE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B596C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#B596C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596C2

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596C2	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909FC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A2C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.071 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5d4',
    500: '#b596c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596c2;
$custom-light: #cbb5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.273,
    "s": 26.506,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71588,
    "c": 0.07148,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596C2

secondary

#D7E1D3

accent

#A5405E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596C2

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

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