#B97BB1#B97BB1

#B97BB1 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.105 H 331.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97BB1
RGB	rgb(185, 123, 177)
HSL	hsl(308, 31%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(308, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 4.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 32.71, -18.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 37.71, 330.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% 0.0925 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.105 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0259, 27.6560, 45.0796)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97BB1 #7BB983

analogous

#A27BB9 #B97BB1 #B97B92

triadic

#B97BB1 #B1B97B #7BB1B9

tetradic

#B97BB1 #B9A27B #7BB983 #7B92B9

square

#B97BB1 #B9A27B #7BB983 #7B92B9

split-complementary

#B97BB1 #92B97B #7BB9A2

monochromatic

#794072 #A15698 #B97BB1 #CEA3C9 #E3CBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B97BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#B97BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97BB1

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97BB1	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 123, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.105 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa2c8',
    500: '#b97bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97bb1;
$custom-light: #cfa2c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.742,
    "s": 30.693,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6645,
    "c": 0.10537,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97BB1

secondary

#BCD4BF

accent

#A94A3C

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F3F8

border

#D2CDD1

text

#140F13

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97BB1

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

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