#B697B3#B697B3

#B697B3 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.053 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B697B3
RGB	rgb(182, 151, 179)
HSL	hsl(306, 18%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(306, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 1.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, 16.45, -10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 19.37, 328.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0459 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.053 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4938, 35.3338, 47.4314)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B697B3 #97B69A

analogous

#A997B6 #B697B3 #B697A3

triadic

#B697B3 #B3B697 #97B3B6

tetradic

#B697B3 #B6A997 #97B69A #97A3B6

square

#B697B3 #B6A997 #97B69A #97A3B6

split-complementary

#B697B3 #A3B697 #97B6A9

monochromatic

#7C5778 #9D7399 #B697B3 #CFBBCD #E8DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B697B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B697B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B697B3

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B697B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B697B3	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969EB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B999A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b697b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 151, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.053 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5c9',
    500: '#b697b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b697b3;
$custom-light: #ccb5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b697b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.806,
    "s": 17.514,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71329,
    "c": 0.05336,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B697B3

secondary

#CFDAD0

accent

#9C524A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B697B3

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

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