#B96BDD#B96BDD

#B96BDD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.179 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96BDD
RGB	rgb(185, 107, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(281, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 51.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, 50.02, -46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 67.97, 317.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.1244 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.179 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3143, 26.0512, 71.4027)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96BDD #8FDD6B

analogous

#806BDD #B96BDD #DD6BC8

triadic

#B96BDD #DDB96B #6BDDB9

tetradic

#B96BDD #DD806B #8FDD6B #6BC8DD

square

#B96BDD #DD806B #8FDD6B #6BC8DD

split-complementary

#B96BDD #C8DD6B #6BDD80

monochromatic

#7F26A7 #A139D2 #B96BDD #D19DE8 #E8CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B96BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#B96BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96BDD

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96BDD	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5087E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 107, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.179 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d098e8',
    500: '#b96bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96bdd;
$custom-light: #d098e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65957,
    "c": 0.17873,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96BDD

secondary

#CBE6BE

accent

#CA1B52

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FC

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96BDD

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

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