#B397CF#B397CF

#B397CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.085 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397CF
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 207)
HSL	hsl(270, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 21.12, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 32.60, 310.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.0515 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.085 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9174, 36.2222, 63.8554)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397CF #B3CF97

analogous

#9797CF #B397CF #CF97CF

triadic

#B397CF #CFB397 #97CFB3

tetradic

#B397CF #CF9797 #B3CF97 #97CFCF

square

#B397CF #CF9797 #B3CF97 #97CFCF

split-complementary

#B397CF #CFCF97 #97CF97

monochromatic

#764AA1 #946DBC #B397CF #D2C1E2 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B397CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#B397CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397CF

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397CF	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.085 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5dd',
    500: '#b397cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397cf;
$custom-light: #cab5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72106,
    "c": 0.08521,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397CF

secondary

#E1E9D9

accent

#B03673

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397CF

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

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