#B397DC#B397DC

#B397DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.102 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397DC
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 220)
HSL	hsl(264, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(264, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 31.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 23.98, -31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 39.41, 307.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.055 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.102 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5726, 36.8842, 72.5728)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397DC #C0DC97

analogous

#979DDC #B397DC #D597DC

triadic

#B397DC #DCB397 #97DCB3

tetradic

#B397DC #DC979D #C0DC97 #97DCD5

square

#B397DC #DC979D #C0DC97 #97DCD5

split-complementary

#B397DC #DCD597 #9DDC97

monochromatic

#713FBA #9269CD #B397DC #D4C5EB #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B397DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B397DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397DC

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397DC	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.102 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5e7',
    500: '#b397dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397dc;
$custom-light: #cab5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.348,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72655,
    "c": 0.10224,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397DC

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BD2981

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397DC

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

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