#B397BD#B397BD

#B397BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.063 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397BD
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(284, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(284, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 17.37, -15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 23.46, 317.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% 0.0459 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.063 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8409, 35.3916, 52.9194)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397BD #A1BD97

analogous

#A097BD #B397BD #BD97B4

triadic

#B397BD #BDB397 #97BDB3

tetradic

#B397BD #BDA097 #A1BD97 #97B4BD

square

#B397BD #BDA097 #A1BD97 #97B4BD

split-complementary

#B397BD #B4BD97 #97BDA0

monochromatic

#785485 #9872A5 #B397BD #CEBCD5 #EAE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B397BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#B397BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397BD

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397BD	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.063 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5d1',
    500: '#b397bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397bd;
$custom-light: #cab5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.211,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71405,
    "c": 0.06257,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397BD

secondary

#D5DED2

accent

#A1455D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397BD

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

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