#B397CC#B397CC

#B397CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.081 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397CC
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 204)
HSL	hsl(272, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(272, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 26%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 20.47, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 31.05, 311.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% 0.0506 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.081 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5541, 36.0769, 61.9421)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397CC #B0CC97

analogous

#9997CC #B397CC #CC97CB

triadic

#B397CC #CCB397 #97CCB3

tetradic

#B397CC #CC9997 #B0CC97 #97CBCC

square

#B397CC #CC9997 #B0CC97 #97CBCC

split-complementary

#B397CC #CBCC97 #97CC99

monochromatic

#774D9C #956EB8 #B397CC #D1C0E0 #EFE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B397CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B397CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397CC

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397CC	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.081 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5db',
    500: '#b397cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397cc;
$custom-light: #cab5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.698,
    "s": 34.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71984,
    "c": 0.08134,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397CC

secondary

#DFE7D8

accent

#AD386F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397CC

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

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