#B896BF#B896BF

#B896BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.070 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B896BF
RGB	rgb(184, 150, 191)
HSL	hsl(290, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(290, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 21.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 20.02, -16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 25.89, 320.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0538 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.07 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0762, 35.7654, 54.0723)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B896BF #9DBF96

analogous

#A496BF #B896BF #BF96B2

triadic

#B896BF #BFB896 #96BFB8

tetradic

#B896BF #BFA496 #9DBF96 #96B2BF

square

#B896BF #BFA496 #9DBF96 #96B2BF

split-complementary

#B896BF #B2BF96 #96BFA4

monochromatic

#7F5388 #9E70A8 #B896BF #D2BCD6 #EBE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B896BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B896BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B896BF

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B896BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B896BF	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b896bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 150, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.070 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5d2',
    500: '#b896bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b896bf;
$custom-light: #cdb5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b896bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.756,
    "s": 24.26,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71759,
    "c": 0.06965,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B896BF

secondary

#D4DFD2

accent

#A34353

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B896BF

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

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