#B397BA#B397BA

#B397BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.059 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397BA
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 186)
HSL	hsl(288, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(288, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, 16.77, -14.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 22.00, 319.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0449 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.059 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5187, 35.2627, 51.2221)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397BA #9EBA97

analogous

#A197BA #B397BA #BA97AF

triadic

#B397BA #BAB397 #97BAB3

tetradic

#B397BA #BAA197 #9EBA97 #97AFBA

square

#B397BA #BAA197 #9EBA97 #97AFBA

split-complementary

#B397BA #AFBA97 #97BAA1

monochromatic

#785681 #9872A2 #B397BA #CEBCD2 #E9E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B397BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#B397BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397BA

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397BA	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.059 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5ce',
    500: '#b397ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397ba;
$custom-light: #cab5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 20.231,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71295,
    "c": 0.05901,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397BA

secondary

#D3DCD1

accent

#9F4758

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397BA

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

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