#B397BB#B397BB

#B397BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.060 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397BB
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(287, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(287, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, 16.97, -14.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 22.49, 318.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0452 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.06 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6254, 35.3053, 51.7839)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397BB #9FBB97

analogous

#A197BB #B397BB #BB97B1

triadic

#B397BB #BBB397 #97BBB3

tetradic

#B397BB #BBA197 #9FBB97 #97B1BB

square

#B397BB #BBA197 #9FBB97 #97B1BB

split-complementary

#B397BB #B1BB97 #97BBA1

monochromatic

#785582 #9872A3 #B397BB #CEBCD3 #E9E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B397BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B397BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397BB

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397BB	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.060 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5cf',
    500: '#b397bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397bb;
$custom-light: #cab5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71331,
    "c": 0.06018,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397BB

secondary

#D4DDD1

accent

#9F465A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397BB

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

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