#B996CD#B996CD

#B996CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.087 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B996CD
RGB	rgb(185, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(278, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, 23.19, -23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 32.88, 314.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0592 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.087 313)
XYZ	xyz(41.9316, 36.5353, 62.5888)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B996CD #AACD96

analogous

#9E96CD #B996CD #CD96C6

triadic

#B996CD #CDB996 #96CDB9

tetradic

#B996CD #CD9E96 #AACD96 #96C6CD

square

#B996CD #CD9E96 #AACD96 #96C6CD

split-complementary

#B996CD #C6CD96 #96CD9E

monochromatic

#804B9E #9D6DB9 #B996CD #D5BFE1 #F0E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B996CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B996CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B996CD

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B996CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B996CD	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b996cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.087 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb5dc',
    500: '#b996cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b996cd;
$custom-light: #ceb5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b996cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72394,
    "c": 0.08686,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.36535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B996CD

secondary

#DDE7D8

accent

#AE3762

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B996CD

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

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