#B697C5#B697C5

#B697C5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.074 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B697C5
RGB	rgb(182, 151, 197)
HSL	hsl(280, 28%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(280, 23%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 19.99, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 27.85, 315.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0519 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.074 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4345, 36.1101, 57.6523)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B697C5 #A6C597

analogous

#9F97C5 #B697C5 #C597BD

triadic

#B697C5 #C5B697 #97C5B6

tetradic

#B697C5 #C59F97 #A6C597 #97BDC5

square

#B697C5 #C59F97 #A6C597 #97BDC5

split-complementary

#B697C5 #BDC597 #97C59F

monochromatic

#7C5191 #9A70AF #B697C5 #D2BEDB #EDE6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B697C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B697C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B697C5

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B697C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B697C5	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b697c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 151, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.074 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5d6',
    500: '#b697c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b697c5;
$custom-light: #ccb5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b697c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.435,
    "s": 28.395,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71986,
    "c": 0.07384,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B697C5

secondary

#D9E3D5

accent

#A73E61

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B697C5

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

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