#B197DF#B197DF

#B197DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.106 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B197DF
RGB	rgb(177, 151, 223)
HSL	hsl(262, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(262, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 32.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 24.06, -33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 40.86, 306.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0535 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.106 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5145, 36.8079, 74.6626)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B197DF #C5DF97

analogous

#97A1DF #B197DF #D597DF

triadic

#B197DF #DFB197 #97DFB1

tetradic

#B197DF #DF97A1 #C5DF97 #97DFD5

square

#B197DF #DF97A1 #C5DF97 #97DFD5

split-complementary

#B197DF #DFD597 #A1DF97

monochromatic

#6B3BC0 #8E68D1 #B197DF #D4C6ED #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B197DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B197DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B197DF

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B197DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B197DF	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b197df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 151, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.106 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5e9',
    500: '#b197df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b197df;
$custom-light: #c9b5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b197df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.667,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72608,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B197DF

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#C02588

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B197DF

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

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