#B397DF#B397DF

#B397DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.106 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397DF
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 223)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(263, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 32.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, 24.66, -32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 40.99, 306.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% 0.0558 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.106 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9735, 37.0446, 74.6841)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397DF #C3DF97

analogous

#979FDF #B397DF #D797DF

triadic

#B397DF #DFB397 #97DFB3

tetradic

#B397DF #DF979F #C3DF97 #97DFD7

square

#B397DF #DF979F #C3DF97 #97DFD7

split-complementary

#B397DF #DFD797 #9FDF97

monochromatic

#6F3BC0 #9168D1 #B397DF #D5C6ED #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B397DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#B397DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397DF

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397DF	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.106 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5e9',
    500: '#b397df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397df;
$custom-light: #cab5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72786,
    "c": 0.10621,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397DF

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#C02584

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397DF

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

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