#B397C8#B397C8

#B397C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.076 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397C8
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(274, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 19.63, -21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 28.99, 312.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% 0.0494 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.076 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0805, 35.8874, 59.4479)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397C8 #ACC897

analogous

#9B97C8 #B397C8 #C897C5

triadic

#B397C8 #C8B397 #97C8B3

tetradic

#B397C8 #C89B97 #ACC897 #97C5C8

square

#B397C8 #C89B97 #ACC897 #97C5C8

split-complementary

#B397C8 #C5C897 #97C89B

monochromatic

#774F96 #966FB3 #B397C8 #D0BFDD #EEE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B397C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#B397C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397C8

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397C8	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A2C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.076 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5d8',
    500: '#b397c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397c8;
$custom-light: #cab5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 30.818,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71825,
    "c": 0.07621,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397C8

secondary

#DCE5D6

accent

#AA3C6B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397C8

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

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