#B797BB#B797BB

#B797BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.063 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797BB
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(293, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(293, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, 18.33, -14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 23.17, 322.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% 0.0498 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.063 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5635, 35.7891, 51.8279)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797BB #9BBB97

analogous

#A597BB #B797BB #BB97AD

triadic

#B797BB #BBB797 #97BBB7

tetradic

#B797BB #BBA597 #9BBB97 #97ADBB

square

#B797BB #BBA597 #9BBB97 #97ADBB

split-complementary

#B797BB #ADBB97 #97BBA5

monochromatic

#7D5582 #9D72A3 #B797BB #D1BCD3 #EAE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B797BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B797BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797BB

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797BB	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.063 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5cf',
    500: '#b797bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797bb;
$custom-light: #cdb5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71707,
    "c": 0.06265,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797BB

secondary

#D2DDD1

accent

#9F4650

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797BB

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

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