#B197CA#B197CA

#B197CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.078 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B197CA
RGB	rgb(177, 151, 202)
HSL	hsl(271, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(271, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 25.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, 19.40, -22.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 29.81, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% 0.0477 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.078 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8568, 35.7448, 60.6654)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B197CA #B0CA97

analogous

#9897CA #B197CA #CA97CA

triadic

#B197CA #CAB197 #97CAB1

tetradic

#B197CA #CA9897 #B0CA97 #97CACA

square

#B197CA #CA9897 #B0CA97 #97CACA

split-complementary

#B197CA #CACA97 #97CA98

monochromatic

#744E99 #936EB5 #B197CA #CFC0DF #EEE8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B197CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B197CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B197CA

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B197CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B197CA	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b197ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 151, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.078 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b5da',
    500: '#b197ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b197ca;
$custom-light: #c8b5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b197ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.588,
    "s": 32.484,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71721,
    "c": 0.07801,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B197CA

secondary

#DEE6D7

accent

#AB3A72

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B197CA

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

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