#B696B8#B696B8

#B696B8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.060 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B696B8
RGB	rgb(182, 150, 184)
HSL	hsl(296, 19%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(296, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 17.96, -13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 22.26, 323.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% 0.0491 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.061 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8484, 35.2192, 50.0896)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B696B8 #98B896

analogous

#A596B8 #B696B8 #B896A9

triadic

#B696B8 #B8B696 #96B8B6

tetradic

#B696B8 #B8A596 #98B896 #96A9B8

square

#B696B8 #B8A596 #98B896 #96A9B8

split-complementary

#B696B8 #A9B896 #96B8A5

monochromatic

#7C557E #9D719F #B696B8 #CFBBD1 #E9DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B696B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B696B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B696B8

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B696B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B696B8	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B899A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b696b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 150, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.060 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5cd',
    500: '#b696b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b696b8;
$custom-light: #ccb5cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b696b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.471,
    "s": 19.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71313,
    "c": 0.0605,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B696B8

secondary

#D0DBCF

accent

#9E484D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B696B8

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

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