#B197BC#B197BC

#B197BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.060 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B197BC
RGB	rgb(177, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(282, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(282, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 16.49, -15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 22.67, 316.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% 0.0432 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.06 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2738, 35.1116, 52.3282)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B197BC #A2BC97

analogous

#9F97BC #B197BC #BC97B5

triadic

#B197BC #BCB197 #97BCB1

tetradic

#B197BC #BC9F97 #A2BC97 #97B5BC

square

#B197BC #BC9F97 #A2BC97 #97B5BC

split-complementary

#B197BC #B5BC97 #97BC9F

monochromatic

#765584 #9572A4 #B197BC #CDBCD4 #E9E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B197BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#B197BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B197BC

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B197BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B197BC	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b197bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.060 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b5d0',
    500: '#b197bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b197bc;
$custom-light: #c8b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b197bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.162,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71183,
    "c": 0.06028,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B197BC

secondary

#D5DDD1

accent

#A04560

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B197BC

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

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