#B397BF#B397BF

#B397BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.065 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397BF
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 191)
HSL	hsl(282, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(282, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, 17.77, -16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 24.45, 316.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.0465 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.065 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0595, 35.4790, 54.0706)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397BF #A3BF97

analogous

#9F97BF #B397BF #BF97B7

triadic

#B397BF #BFB397 #97BFB3

tetradic

#B397BF #BF9F97 #A3BF97 #97B7BF

square

#B397BF #BF9F97 #A3BF97 #97B7BF

split-complementary

#B397BF #B7BF97 #97BF9F

monochromatic

#785488 #9771A8 #B397BF #CFBDD6 #EAE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B397BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#B397BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397BF

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397BF	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.065 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5d2',
    500: '#b397bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397bf;
$custom-light: #cab5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71479,
    "c": 0.06499,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397BF

secondary

#D6DFD3

accent

#A24360

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397BF

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

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