#B397CD#B397CD

#B397CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.083 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397CD
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(271, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(271, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, 20.69, -23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 31.57, 310.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.0509 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.083 308)
XYZ	xyz(40.6744, 36.1250, 62.5758)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397CD #B1CD97

analogous

#9897CD #B397CD #CD97CC

triadic

#B397CD #CDB397 #97CDB3

tetradic

#B397CD #CD9897 #B1CD97 #97CCCD

square

#B397CD #CD9897 #B1CD97 #97CCCD

split-complementary

#B397CD #CCCD97 #97CD98

monochromatic

#764C9E #956EB9 #B397CD #D1C0E1 #EFEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B397CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#B397CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397CD

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397CD	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.083 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5dc',
    500: '#b397cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397cd;
$custom-light: #cab5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72024,
    "c": 0.08262,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.36125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397CD

secondary

#E0E8D8

accent

#AE3871

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397CD

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

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