#B96CDD#B96CDD

#B96CDD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.177 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96CDD
RGB	rgb(185, 108, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(281, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 51.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, 49.50, -45.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 67.38, 317.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% 0.123 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.177 314)
XYZ	xyz(38.4191, 26.2609, 71.4376)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96CDD #90DD6C

analogous

#816CDD #B96CDD #DD6CC9

triadic

#B96CDD #DDB96C #6CDDB9

tetradic

#B96CDD #DD816C #90DD6C #6CC9DD

square

#B96CDD #DD816C #90DD6C #6CC9DD

split-complementary

#B96CDD #C9DD6C #6CDD81

monochromatic

#7F27A8 #A13AD2 #B96CDD #D19EE8 #E8CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#B96CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#B96CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96CDD

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96CDD	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5288E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 108, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.177 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d099e8',
    500: '#b96cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96cdd;
$custom-light: #d099e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.885,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66103,
    "c": 0.17714,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.2626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96CDD

secondary

#CBE6BF

accent

#CA1B53

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FC

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96CDD

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

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