#B96CD8#B96CD8

#B96CD8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.172 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96CD8
RGB	rgb(185, 108, 216)
HSL	hsl(283, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(283, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 50%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, 48.46, -43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 64.98, 318.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% 0.1225 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.172 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7629, 25.9984, 67.9814)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96CD8 #8BD86C

analogous

#836CD8 #B96CD8 #D86CC1

triadic

#B96CD8 #D8B96C #6CD8B9

tetradic

#B96CD8 #D8836C #8BD86C #6CC1D8

square

#B96CD8 #D8836C #8BD86C #6CC1D8

split-complementary

#B96CD8 #C1D86C #6CD883

monochromatic

#7E2A9F #A23CCB #B96CD8 #D09CE5 #E7CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#B96CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#B96CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96CD8

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96CD8	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5587DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8ED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 108, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.172 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d098e4',
    500: '#b96cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96cd8;
$custom-light: #d098e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.778,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65839,
    "c": 0.17177,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96CD8

secondary

#C8E3BD

accent

#C6204F

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FC

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E15

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96CD8

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

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