#B197CD#B197CD

#B197CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.082 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B197CD
RGB	rgb(177, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(269, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(269, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 20.04, -24.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 31.37, 309.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0486 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.082 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2154, 35.8883, 62.5543)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B197CD #B3CD97

analogous

#9798CD #B197CD #CC97CD

triadic

#B197CD #CDB197 #97CDB1

tetradic

#B197CD #CD9798 #B3CD97 #97CDCC

square

#B197CD #CD9798 #B3CD97 #97CDCC

split-complementary

#B197CD #CDCC97 #98CD97

monochromatic

#734C9E #926EB9 #B197CD #D0C0E1 #EFEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B197CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#B197CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B197CD

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B197CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B197CD	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b197cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.082 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b5dc',
    500: '#b197cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b197cd;
$custom-light: #c8b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b197cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71842,
    "c": 0.08192,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B197CD

secondary

#E0E8D8

accent

#AE3875

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B197CD

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

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