#B397AF#B397AF

#B397AF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.047 H 330.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397AF
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 175)
HSL	hsl(309, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(309, 16%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 2.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 14.64, -8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 16.98, 329.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.041 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.047 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3940, 34.8128, 45.2988)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397AF #97B39B

analogous

#A997B3 #B397AF #B397A1

triadic

#B397AF #AFB397 #97AFB3

tetradic

#B397AF #B3A997 #97B39B #97A1B3

square

#B397AF #B3A997 #97B39B #97A1B3

split-complementary

#B397AF #A1B397 #97B3A9

monochromatic

#785873 #997494 #B397AF #CDBACA #E7DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B397AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B397AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397AF

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397AF	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.047 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5c6',
    500: '#b397af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397af;
$custom-light: #cab5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 15.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70908,
    "c": 0.04697,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397AF

secondary

#CED8CF

accent

#9A574C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397AF

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

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