#B397BC#B397BC

#B397BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.061 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397BC
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(285, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(285, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 17.17, -15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 22.97, 318.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.0455 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.061 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7328, 35.3483, 52.3497)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397BC #A0BC97

analogous

#A197BC #B397BC #BC97B3

triadic

#B397BC #BCB397 #97BCB3

tetradic

#B397BC #BCA197 #A0BC97 #97B3BC

square

#B397BC #BCA197 #A0BC97 #97B3BC

split-complementary

#B397BC #B3BC97 #97BCA1

monochromatic

#785584 #9872A4 #B397BC #CEBCD4 #E9E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B397BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B397BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397BC

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397BC	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.061 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5d0',
    500: '#b397bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397bc;
$custom-light: #cab5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.405,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71368,
    "c": 0.06138,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397BC

secondary

#D4DDD1

accent

#A0455B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397BC

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

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