#B697C9#B697C9

#B697C9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.079 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B697C9
RGB	rgb(182, 151, 201)
HSL	hsl(277, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(277, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 24.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, 20.82, -21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 29.85, 314.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% 0.0531 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.079 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8989, 36.2958, 60.0982)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B697C9 #AAC997

analogous

#9D97C9 #B697C9 #C997C3

triadic

#B697C9 #C9B697 #97C9B6

tetradic

#B697C9 #C99D97 #AAC997 #97C3C9

square

#B697C9 #C99D97 #AAC997 #97C3C9

split-complementary

#B697C9 #C3C997 #97C99D

monochromatic

#7C4E97 #9A6FB4 #B697C9 #D2BFDE #EFE8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B697C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B697C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B697C9

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B697C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B697C9	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b697c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 151, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.079 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5d9',
    500: '#b697c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b697c9;
$custom-light: #ccb5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b697c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.2,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72141,
    "c": 0.07878,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B697C9

secondary

#DCE5D7

accent

#AA3B65

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B697C9

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

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