#B697C6#B697C6

#B697C6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.075 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B697C6
RGB	rgb(182, 151, 198)
HSL	hsl(280, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(280, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 23.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 20.20, -19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 28.34, 315.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.0522 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.075 314)
XYZ	xyz(40.5494, 36.1560, 58.2578)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B697C6 #A7C697

analogous

#9E97C6 #B697C6 #C697BE

triadic

#B697C6 #C6B697 #97C6B6

tetradic

#B697C6 #C69E97 #A7C697 #97BEC6

square

#B697C6 #C69E97 #A7C697 #97BEC6

split-complementary

#B697C6 #BEC697 #97C69E

monochromatic

#7C5092 #9A6FB0 #B697C6 #D2BFDC #EDE6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B697C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#B697C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B697C6

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B697C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B697C6	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b697c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 151, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.075 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5d7',
    500: '#b697c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b697c6;
$custom-light: #ccb5d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b697c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.574,
    "s": 29.193,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72024,
    "c": 0.07506,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.36156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B697C6

secondary

#DAE3D5

accent

#A83E62

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B697C6

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

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