#B97BBD#B97BBD

#B97BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.117 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97BBD
RGB	rgb(185, 123, 189)
HSL	hsl(296, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(296, 35%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 34.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, 34.97, -24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 42.93, 324.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0957 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.117 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2749, 28.1556, 51.6580)
Luminance	0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97BBD #7FBD7B

analogous

#987BBD #B97BBD #BD7BA0

triadic

#B97BBD #BDB97B #7BBDB9

tetradic

#B97BBD #BD987B #7FBD7B #7BA0BD

square

#B97BBD #BD987B #7FBD7B #7BA0BD

split-complementary

#B97BBD #A0BD7B #7BBD98

monochromatic

#7B3F7E #A254A7 #B97BBD #CFA4D1 #E4CDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B97BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#B97BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97BBD

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97BBD	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8593BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 123, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.117 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa2d1',
    500: '#b97bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97bbd;
$custom-light: #cfa2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.364,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66942,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97BBD

secondary

#BFD6BE

accent

#AC3940

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F3F9

border

#D2CDD2

text

#140F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97BBD

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

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