#B397CA#B397CA

#B397CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.079 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397CA
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 202)
HSL	hsl(273, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(273, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 25.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, 20.05, -22.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 30.02, 311.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.05 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.079 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3158, 35.9815, 60.6869)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397CA #AECA97

analogous

#9A97CA #B397CA #CA97C8

triadic

#B397CA #CAB397 #97CAB3

tetradic

#B397CA #CA9A97 #AECA97 #97C8CA

square

#B397CA #CA9A97 #AECA97 #97C8CA

split-complementary

#B397CA #C8CA97 #97CA9A

monochromatic

#774E99 #956EB5 #B397CA #D1C0DF #EEE8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B397CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#B397CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397CA

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397CA	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.079 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5da',
    500: '#b397ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397ca;
$custom-light: #cab5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.941,
    "s": 32.484,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71904,
    "c": 0.07877,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397CA

secondary

#DEE6D7

accent

#AB3A6D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397CA

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

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