#B97CD8#B97CD8

#B97CD8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.145 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97CD8
RGB	rgb(185, 124, 216)
HSL	hsl(280, 54%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(280, 43%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 42.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, 39.91, -38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 55.13, 316.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% 0.1001 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.145 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6079, 29.6883, 68.5964)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97CD8 #9BD87C

analogous

#8B7CD8 #B97CD8 #D87CC9

triadic

#B97CD8 #D8B97C #7CD8B9

tetradic

#B97CD8 #D88B7C #9BD87C #7CC9D8

square

#B97CD8 #D88B7C #9BD87C #7CC9D8

split-complementary

#B97CD8 #C9D87C #7CD88B

monochromatic

#8032A8 #A04DCA #B97CD8 #D2ABE6 #EBDAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#B97CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#B97CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97CD8

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97CD8	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A91DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A96D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B789A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 124, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.145 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa3e4',
    500: '#b97cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97cd8;
$custom-light: #cfa3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.783,
    "s": 54.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68335,
    "c": 0.14527,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97CD8

secondary

#D3E7C9

accent

#C22459

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#140F15

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97CD8

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

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