#B497BB#B497BB

#B497BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.061 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B497BB
RGB	rgb(180, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(288, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(288, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 17.31, -14.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 22.65, 319.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% 0.0463 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.061 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8574, 35.4250, 51.7948)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B497BB #9EBB97

analogous

#A297BB #B497BB #BB97B0

triadic

#B497BB #BBB497 #97BBB4

tetradic

#B497BB #BBA297 #9EBB97 #97B0BB

square

#B497BB #BBA297 #9EBB97 #97B0BB

split-complementary

#B497BB #B0BB97 #97BBA2

monochromatic

#7A5582 #9972A3 #B497BB #CFBCD3 #E9E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B497BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#B497BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B497BB

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B497BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B497BB	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b497bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.061 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5cf',
    500: '#b497bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b497bb;
$custom-light: #cab5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b497bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.333,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71424,
    "c": 0.06078,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B497BB

secondary

#D3DDD1

accent

#9F4658

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B497BB

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

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