#B97CD9#B97CD9

#B97CD9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.146 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97CD9
RGB	rgb(185, 124, 217)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(279, 43%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 42.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, 40.13, -38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 55.62, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% 0.1003 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.146 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7375, 29.7402, 69.2793)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97CD9 #9CD97C

analogous

#8B7CD9 #B97CD9 #D97CCB

triadic

#B97CD9 #D9B97C #7CD9B9

tetradic

#B97CD9 #D98B7C #9CD97C #7CCBD9

square

#B97CD9 #D98B7C #9CD97C #7CCBD9

split-complementary

#B97CD9 #CBD97C #7CD98B

monochromatic

#8031A9 #A04DCB #B97CD9 #D2ABE7 #ECDBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B97CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#B97CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97CD9

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97CD9	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A91DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A96D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B689A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 124, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.146 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa3e5',
    500: '#b97cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97cd9;
$custom-light: #cfa3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.355,
    "s": 55.03,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68383,
    "c": 0.14642,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97CD9

secondary

#D4E7CA

accent

#C3235A

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#140F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97CD9

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

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