#B197BB#B197BB

#B197BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.059 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B197BB
RGB	rgb(177, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(283, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(283, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 16.28, -15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 22.18, 317.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.0429 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.059 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1663, 35.0687, 51.7624)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B197BB #A1BB97

analogous

#9F97BB #B197BB #BB97B3

triadic

#B197BB #BBB197 #97BBB1

tetradic

#B197BB #BB9F97 #A1BB97 #97B3BB

square

#B197BB #BB9F97 #A1BB97 #97B3BB

split-complementary

#B197BB #B3BB97 #97BB9F

monochromatic

#765582 #9572A3 #B197BB #CDBCD3 #E9E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B197BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#B197BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B197BB

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B197BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B197BB	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b197bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.059 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b5cf',
    500: '#b197bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b197bb;
$custom-light: #c8b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b197bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71146,
    "c": 0.05907,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B197BB

secondary

#D4DDD1

accent

#9F465F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B197BB

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

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