#B96DBD#B96DBD

#B96DBD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.142 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96DBD
RGB	rgb(185, 109, 189)
HSL	hsl(297, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(297, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 42.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, 42.55, -29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 51.82, 325.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% 0.1167 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.142 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6607, 24.9272, 51.1199)
Luminance	0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96DBD #71BD6D

analogous

#916DBD #B96DBD #BD6D99

triadic

#B96DBD #BDB96D #6DBDB9

tetradic

#B96DBD #BD916D #71BD6D #6D99BD

square

#B96DBD #BD916D #71BD6D #6D99BD

split-complementary

#B96DBD #99BD6D #6DBD91

monochromatic

#763779 #9F4AA3 #B96DBD #CD97D0 #E1C1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#B96DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#B96DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96DBD

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96DBD	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6583C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD758C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 109, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.142 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf99d1',
    500: '#b96dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96dbd;
$custom-light: #cf99d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64667,
    "c": 0.14207,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96DBD

secondary

#B5D3B3

accent

#CE5A60

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F9

border

#D2CCD2

text

#140E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96DBD

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

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