#B397DB#B397DB

#B397DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.101 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397DB
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 219)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(265, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 31.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, 23.76, -30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 38.88, 307.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0548 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.101 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4406, 36.8314, 71.8774)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397DB #BFDB97

analogous

#979DDB #B397DB #D597DB

triadic

#B397DB #DBB397 #97DBB3

tetradic

#B397DB #DB979D #BFDB97 #97DBD5

square

#B397DB #DB979D #BFDB97 #97DBD5

split-complementary

#B397DB #DBD597 #9DDB97

monochromatic

#7140B8 #926ACB #B397DB #D4C4EB #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B397DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#B397DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397DB

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397DB	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.101 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5e6',
    500: '#b397db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397db;
$custom-light: #cab5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72611,
    "c": 0.10092,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397DB

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BC2A80

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397DB

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

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