#B96BB5#B96BB5

#B96BB5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.138 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96BB5
RGB	rgb(185, 107, 181)
HSL	hsl(303, 36%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(303, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.2%, 2.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, 42.11, -26.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 49.57, 328.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64% 0.118 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.138 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6053, 24.1676, 46.6018)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96BB5 #6BB96F

analogous

#966BB9 #B96BB5 #B96B8E

triadic

#B96BB5 #B5B96B #6BB5B9

tetradic

#B96BB5 #B9966B #6BB96F #6B8EB9

square

#B96BB5 #B9966B #6BB96F #6B8EB9

split-complementary

#B96BB5 #8EB96B #6BB996

monochromatic

#733670 #9D4A98 #B96BB5 #CD95CA #E0BEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#B96BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#B96BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96BB5

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96BB5	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6680B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 107, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.138 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf97cb',
    500: '#b96bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96bb5;
$custom-light: #cf97cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.077,
    "s": 35.78,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63997,
    "c": 0.1378,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96BB5

secondary

#B0D0B2

accent

#CC625C

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F8

border

#D2CCD1

text

#140E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96BB5

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

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