#B197BD#B197BD

#B197BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.061 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B197BD
RGB	rgb(177, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(281, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(281, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 16.69, -16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 23.17, 316.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0436 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.062 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3819, 35.1549, 52.8979)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B197BD #A3BD97

analogous

#9E97BD #B197BD #BD97B6

triadic

#B197BD #BDB197 #97BDB1

tetradic

#B197BD #BD9E97 #A3BD97 #97B6BD

square

#B197BD #BD9E97 #A3BD97 #97B6BD

split-complementary

#B197BD #B6BD97 #97BD9E

monochromatic

#765485 #9572A5 #B197BD #CDBCD5 #E9E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B197BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B197BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B197BD

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B197BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B197BD	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b197bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.061 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b5d1',
    500: '#b197bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b197bd;
$custom-light: #c8b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b197bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7122,
    "c": 0.0615,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B197BD

secondary

#D6DED2

accent

#A14562

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B197BD

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

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