#B97CD3#B97CD3

#B97CD3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.140 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97CD3
RGB	rgb(185, 124, 211)
HSL	hsl(282, 50%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(282, 41%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 41.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, 38.86, -35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 52.68, 317.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% 0.0991 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.14 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9713, 29.4337, 65.2437)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97CD3 #96D37C

analogous

#8D7CD3 #B97CD3 #D37CC1

triadic

#B97CD3 #D3B97C #7CD3B9

tetradic

#B97CD3 #D38D7C #96D37C #7CC1D3

square

#B97CD3 #D38D7C #96D37C #7CC1D3

split-complementary

#B97CD3 #C1D37C #7CD38D

monochromatic

#80359F #A14EC4 #B97CD3 #D1AAE2 #EAD8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#B97CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#B97CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97CD3

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97CD3	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D90D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C95D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8889E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 124, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.140 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa3e1',
    500: '#b97cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97cd3;
$custom-light: #cfa3e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.069,
    "s": 49.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68096,
    "c": 0.13957,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97CD3

secondary

#D0E4C7

accent

#BD2855

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#140F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97CD3

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

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