#B97BD2#B97BD2

#B97BD2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.140 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97BD2
RGB	rgb(185, 123, 210)
HSL	hsl(283, 49%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(283, 41%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 41.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, 39.19, -35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 52.83, 317.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% 0.1004 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.14 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7216, 29.1343, 64.5440)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97BD2 #94D27B

analogous

#8D7BD2 #B97BD2 #D27BBF

triadic

#B97BD2 #D2B97B #7BD2B9

tetradic

#B97BD2 #D28D7B #94D27B #7BBFD2

square

#B97BD2 #D28D7B #94D27B #7BBFD2

split-complementary

#B97BD2 #BFD27B #7BD28D

monochromatic

#7F369D #A14DC2 #B97BD2 #D1A9E2 #E9D6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B97BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#B97BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97BD2

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97BD2	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8FD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C95CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8879D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 123, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.140 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa2e0',
    500: '#b97bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97bd2;
$custom-light: #cfa2e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.759,
    "s": 49.153,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67884,
    "c": 0.14015,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97BD2

secondary

#CEE3C6

accent

#BC2953

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#140F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97BD2

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

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