#B996BD#B996BD

#B996BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.068 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B996BD
RGB	rgb(185, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(294, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(294, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, 19.96, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 25.12, 322.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0543 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.068 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0981, 35.8019, 52.9324)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B996BD #9ABD96

analogous

#A696BD #B996BD #BD96AE

triadic

#B996BD #BDB996 #96BDB9

tetradic

#B996BD #BDA696 #9ABD96 #96AEBD

square

#B996BD #BDA696 #9ABD96 #96AEBD

split-complementary

#B996BD #AEBD96 #96BDA6

monochromatic

#805485 #A070A5 #B996BD #D2BCD5 #EBE1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B996BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B996BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B996BD

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B996BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B996BD	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b996bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.068 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb5d1',
    500: '#b996bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b996bd;
$custom-light: #ceb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b996bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.846,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7178,
    "c": 0.06803,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B996BD

secondary

#D2DED1

accent

#A1444E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B996BD

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

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