#B397DA#B397DA

#B397DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.100 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397DA
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 218)
HSL	hsl(265, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(265, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 30.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 23.53, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 38.36, 307.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.0545 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.1 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3093, 36.7789, 71.1862)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397DA #BEDA97

analogous

#979CDA #B397DA #D597DA

triadic

#B397DA #DAB397 #97DAB3

tetradic

#B397DA #DA979C #BEDA97 #97DAD5

square

#B397DA #DA979C #BEDA97 #97DAD5

split-complementary

#B397DA #DAD597 #9CDA97

monochromatic

#7241B6 #926ACA #B397DA #D4C4EA #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B397DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B397DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397DA

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397DA	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.100 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5e5',
    500: '#b397da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397da;
$custom-light: #cab5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.075,
    "s": 47.518,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72568,
    "c": 0.09961,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397DA

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BB2B7F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397DA

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

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