#B96DCD#B96DCD

#B96DCD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.158 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96DCD
RGB	rgb(185, 109, 205)
HSL	hsl(288, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 46.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, 45.68, -37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 59.15, 320.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.1196 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.158 319)
XYZ	xyz(36.4942, 25.6606, 60.7764)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96DCD #81CD6D

analogous

#896DCD #B96DCD #CD6DB1

triadic

#B96DCD #CDB96D #6DCDB9

tetradic

#B96DCD #CD896D #81CD6D #6DB1CD

square

#B96DCD #CD896D #81CD6D #6DB1CD

split-complementary

#B96DCD #B1CD6D #6DCD89

monochromatic

#7B318F #A340BC #B96DCD #CF9BDD #E5C8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B96DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#B96DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96DCD

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96DCD	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D85D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 109, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.158 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d099dc',
    500: '#b96dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96dcd;
$custom-light: #d099dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.5,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65428,
    "c": 0.15844,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.25659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96DCD

secondary

#C0DDB9

accent

#BC2948

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96DCD

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

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