#B397DD#B397DD

#B397DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.104 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397DD
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 221)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(264, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 31.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 24.21, -31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 39.94, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% 0.0553 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.104 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7054, 36.9374, 73.2724)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397DD #C1DD97

analogous

#979EDD #B397DD #D697DD

triadic

#B397DD #DDB397 #97DDB3

tetradic

#B397DD #DD979E #C1DD97 #97DDD6

square

#B397DD #DD979E #C1DD97 #97DDD6

split-complementary

#B397DD #DDD697 #9EDD97

monochromatic

#703DBC #9169CE #B397DD #D5C5EC #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B397DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#B397DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397DD

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397DD	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.104 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5e7',
    500: '#b397dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397dd;
$custom-light: #cab5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72698,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397DD

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#BE2782

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397DD

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

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