#B96CD3#B96CD3

#B96CD3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.166 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96CD3
RGB	rgb(185, 108, 211)
HSL	hsl(285, 54%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(285, 49%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 48.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 47.42, -40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 62.59, 319.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% 0.1219 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.166 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1263, 25.7438, 64.6287)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96CD3 #86D36C

analogous

#856CD3 #B96CD3 #D36CBA

triadic

#B96CD3 #D3B96C #6CD3B9

tetradic

#B96CD3 #D3856C #86D36C #6CBAD3

square

#B96CD3 #D3856C #86D36C #6CBAD3

split-complementary

#B96CD3 #BAD36C #6CD385

monochromatic

#7D2D97 #A33DC5 #B96CD3 #CF9BE1 #E6CAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B96CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#B96CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96CD3

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96CD3	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5886D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8DD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 108, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.166 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d098e1',
    500: '#b96cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96cd3;
$custom-light: #d098e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.854,
    "s": 53.927,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6558,
    "c": 0.16644,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96CD3

secondary

#C4E0BB

accent

#C1244C

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF2FB

border

#D3CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96CD3

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

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