#B797BF#B797BF

#B797BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.067 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797BF
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 191)
HSL	hsl(288, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(288, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 19.12, -16.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 25.06, 319.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.0511 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.067 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9977, 35.9628, 54.1146)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797BF #9FBF97

analogous

#A397BF #B797BF #BF97B3

triadic

#B797BF #BFB797 #97BFB7

tetradic

#B797BF #BFA397 #9FBF97 #97B3BF

square

#B797BF #BFA397 #9FBF97 #97B3BF

split-complementary

#B797BF #B3BF97 #97BFA3

monochromatic

#7D5488 #9D71A8 #B797BF #D1BDD6 #EBE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B797BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#B797BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797BF

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797BF	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A0C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.067 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5d2',
    500: '#b797bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797bf;
$custom-light: #cdb5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71853,
    "c": 0.06722,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797BF

secondary

#D5DFD3

accent

#A24356

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797BF

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

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