#B397D2#B397D2

#B397D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.089 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397D2
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 210)
HSL	hsl(268, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(268, 28%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 28.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 21.77, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 34.17, 309.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.0523 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.089 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2876, 36.3703, 65.8053)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397D2 #B6D297

analogous

#9798D2 #B397D2 #D097D2

triadic

#B397D2 #D2B397 #97D2B3

tetradic

#B397D2 #D29798 #B6D297 #97D2D0

square

#B397D2 #D29798 #B6D297 #97D2D0

split-complementary

#B397D2 #D2D097 #98D297

monochromatic

#7548A7 #946CC0 #B397D2 #D2C2E4 #EFEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B397D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B397D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397D2

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397D2	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA2D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A3D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.089 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5e0',
    500: '#b397d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397d2;
$custom-light: #cab5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.475,
    "s": 39.597,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72229,
    "c": 0.08912,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397D2

secondary

#E3EADA

accent

#B33376

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397D2

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

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