#B397CB#B397CB

#B397CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.080 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397CB
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 203)
HSL	hsl(272, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(272, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 25.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 20.26, -22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 30.53, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0503 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.08 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4346, 36.0290, 61.3125)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397CB #AFCB97

analogous

#9997CB #B397CB #CB97C9

triadic

#B397CB #CBB397 #97CBB3

tetradic

#B397CB #CB9997 #AFCB97 #97C9CB

square

#B397CB #CB9997 #AFCB97 #97C9CB

split-complementary

#B397CB #C9CB97 #97CB99

monochromatic

#774D9A #956EB7 #B397CB #D1C0DF #EFE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B397CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B397CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397CB

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397CB	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.080 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5db',
    500: '#b397cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397cb;
$custom-light: #cab5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71944,
    "c": 0.08005,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397CB

secondary

#DEE6D7

accent

#AC396E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397CB

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

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