#B697C8#B697C8

#B697C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.078 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B697C8
RGB	rgb(182, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(278, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 20.61, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 29.35, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.0528 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.078 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7816, 36.2489, 59.4807)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B697C8 #A9C897

analogous

#9E97C8 #B697C8 #C897C2

triadic

#B697C8 #C8B697 #97C8B6

tetradic

#B697C8 #C89E97 #A9C897 #97C2C8

square

#B697C8 #C89E97 #A9C897 #97C2C8

split-complementary

#B697C8 #C2C897 #97C89E

monochromatic

#7C4F96 #9A6FB3 #B697C8 #D2BFDD #EEE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B697C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B697C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B697C8

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B697C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B697C8	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b697c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.078 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5d8',
    500: '#b697c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b697c8;
$custom-light: #ccb5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b697c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.959,
    "s": 30.818,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72102,
    "c": 0.07753,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B697C8

secondary

#DBE5D6

accent

#AA3C64

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B697C8

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

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