#B97BDB#B97BDB

#B97BDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.150 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97BDB
RGB	rgb(185, 123, 219)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(279, 44%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 43.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, 41.10, -39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 57.24, 315.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% 0.102 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.15 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8746, 29.5955, 70.6161)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97BDB #9DDB7B

analogous

#897BDB #B97BDB #DB7BCD

triadic

#B97BDB #DBB97B #7BDBB9

tetradic

#B97BDB #DB897B #9DDB7B #7BCDDB

square

#B97BDB #DB897B #9DDB7B #7BCDDB

split-complementary

#B97BDB #CDDB7B #7BDB89

monochromatic

#802FAD #A04BCE #B97BDB #D3ABE8 #ECDBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#B97BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#B97BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97BDB

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97BDB	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6891DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7895D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B689A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 123, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.150 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a2e6',
    500: '#b97bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97bdb;
$custom-light: #d0a2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.75,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68319,
    "c": 0.15039,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97BDB

secondary

#D4E8CA

accent

#C5215B

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#140F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97BDB

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

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