#B297CD#B297CD

#B297CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.082 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B297CD
RGB	rgb(178, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(270, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 20.37, -23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 31.47, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% 0.0497 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.082 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4441, 36.0062, 62.5650)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B297CD #B2CD97

analogous

#9797CD #B297CD #CD97CD

triadic

#B297CD #CDB297 #97CDB2

tetradic

#B297CD #CD9797 #B2CD97 #97CDCD

square

#B297CD #CD9797 #B2CD97 #97CDCD

split-complementary

#B297CD #CDCD97 #97CD97

monochromatic

#754C9E #936EB9 #B297CD #D1C0E1 #EFEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B297CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#B297CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B297CD

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B297CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B297CD	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b297cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.082 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5dc',
    500: '#b297cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b297cd;
$custom-light: #c9b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b297cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71933,
    "c": 0.08227,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B297CD

secondary

#E0E8D8

accent

#AE3873

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B297CD

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

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