#B97BB5#B97BB5

#B97BB5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.109 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97BB5
RGB	rgb(185, 123, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 31%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(304, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 2.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, 33.45, -20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 39.40, 328.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.0936 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.109 329)
XYZ	xyz(35.4304, 27.8178, 47.2102)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97BB5 #7BB97F

analogous

#9E7BB9 #B97BB5 #B97B96

triadic

#B97BB5 #B5B97B #7BB5B9

tetradic

#B97BB5 #B99E7B #7BB97F #7B96B9

square

#B97BB5 #B99E7B #7BB97F #7B96B9

split-complementary

#B97BB5 #96B97B #7BB99E

monochromatic

#794076 #A1569C #B97BB5 #CEA3CB #E3CBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B97BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#B97BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97BB5

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97BB5	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8793B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 123, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.109 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa2cb',
    500: '#b97bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97bb5;
$custom-light: #cfa2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.871,
    "s": 30.693,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6661,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.27816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97BB5

secondary

#BCD4BE

accent

#A9433C

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F3F8

border

#D2CDD1

text

#140F13

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97BB5

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

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