#B97CD4#B97CD4

#B97CD4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.141 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97CD4
RGB	rgb(185, 124, 212)
HSL	hsl(282, 51%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(282, 42%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 41.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, 39.07, -36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 53.17, 317.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% 0.0993 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.141 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0970, 29.4840, 65.9060)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97CD4 #97D47C

analogous

#8D7CD4 #B97CD4 #D47CC3

triadic

#B97CD4 #D4B97C #7CD4B9

tetradic

#B97CD4 #D48D7C #97D47C #7CC3D4

square

#B97CD4 #D48D7C #97D47C #7CC3D4

split-complementary

#B97CD4 #C3D47C #7CD48D

monochromatic

#8035A1 #A04EC5 #B97CD4 #D2AAE3 #EAD8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#B97CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#B97CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97CD4

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97CD4	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C90D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C95D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7889E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 124, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.141 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa3e1',
    500: '#b97cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97cd4;
$custom-light: #cfa3e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.591,
    "s": 50.575,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68143,
    "c": 0.1407,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97CD4

secondary

#D0E4C7

accent

#BE2856

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#140F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97CD4

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

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