#B397BE#B397BE

#B397BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.064 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397BE
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(283, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(283, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, 17.57, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 23.95, 317.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0462 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.064 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9499, 35.4351, 53.4930)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397BE #A2BE97

analogous

#A097BE #B397BE #BE97B6

triadic

#B397BE #BEB397 #97BEB3

tetradic

#B397BE #BEA097 #A2BE97 #97B6BE

square

#B397BE #BEA097 #A2BE97 #97B6BE

split-complementary

#B397BE #B6BE97 #97BEA0

monochromatic

#785487 #9771A6 #B397BE #CFBDD6 #EAE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B397BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B397BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397BE

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397BE	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.064 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5d1',
    500: '#b397be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397be;
$custom-light: #cab5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.077,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71442,
    "c": 0.06377,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397BE

secondary

#D6DFD2

accent

#A2445E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397BE

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

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