#B97CB2#B97CB2

#B97CB2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.104 H 330.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97CB2
RGB	rgb(185, 124, 178)
HSL	hsl(307, 30%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(307, 33%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, 32.34, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 37.47, 329.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% 0.0912 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.104 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2506, 27.9454, 45.6480)
Luminance	0.2794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97CB2 #7CB983

analogous

#A17CB9 #B97CB2 #B97C93

triadic

#B97CB2 #B2B97C #7CB2B9

tetradic

#B97CB2 #B9A17C #7CB983 #7C93B9

square

#B97CB2 #B9A17C #7CB983 #7C93B9

split-complementary

#B97CB2 #93B97C #7CB9A1

monochromatic

#7A4173 #A25699 #B97CB2 #CEA4C9 #E4CCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B97CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#B97CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97CB2

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97CB2	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 124, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.104 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa3c9',
    500: '#b97cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97cb2;
$custom-light: #cfa3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.885,
    "s": 30.348,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66661,
    "c": 0.10449,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97CB2

secondary

#BDD4BF

accent

#A9493C

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#140F13

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97CB2

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

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