#B397CE#B397CE

#B397CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.084 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397CE
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 206)
HSL	hsl(271, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(271, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 26.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, 20.90, -24.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 32.08, 310.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0512 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.084 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7955, 36.1734, 63.2136)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397CE #B2CE97

analogous

#9797CE #B397CE #CE97CE

triadic

#B397CE #CEB397 #97CEB3

tetradic

#B397CE #CE9797 #B2CE97 #97CECE

square

#B397CE #CE9797 #B2CE97 #97CECE

split-complementary

#B397CE #CECE97 #97CE97

monochromatic

#764B9F #956DBA #B397CE #D1C1E2 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B397CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#B397CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397CE

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397CE	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)

#8DA1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.084 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5dd',
    500: '#b397ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397ce;
$custom-light: #cab5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.545,
    "s": 35.948,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72065,
    "c": 0.08391,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397CE

secondary

#E0E8D9

accent

#AF3772

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397CE

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

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