#B397DE#B397DE

#B397DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.105 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397DE
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 222)
HSL	hsl(264, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(264, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 32%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 24.43, -32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 40.46, 307.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0555 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.105 302)
XYZ	xyz(42.8391, 36.9908, 73.9762)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397DE #C2DE97

analogous

#979EDE #B397DE #D697DE

triadic

#B397DE #DEB397 #97DEB3

tetradic

#B397DE #DE979E #C2DE97 #97DED6

square

#B397DE #DE979E #C2DE97 #97DED6

split-complementary

#B397DE #DED697 #9EDE97

monochromatic

#703CBE #9169CF #B397DE #D5C5ED #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B397DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B397DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397DE

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397DE	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.105 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5e8',
    500: '#b397de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397de;
$custom-light: #cab5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.662,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72742,
    "c": 0.10489,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.36991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397DE

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#BF2683

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397DE

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

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