#B97DCB#B97DCB

#B97DCB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.129 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97DCB
RGB	rgb(185, 125, 203)
HSL	hsl(286, 43%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(286, 38%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 38.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, 36.66, -31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 48.18, 319.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% 0.096 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.129 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1192, 29.2944, 60.1347)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97DCB #8FCB7D

analogous

#927DCB #B97DCB #CB7DB6

triadic

#B97DCB #CBB97D #7DCBB9

tetradic

#B97DCB #CB927D #8FCB7D #7DB6CB

square

#B97DCB #CB927D #8FCB7D #7DB6CB

split-complementary

#B97DCB #B6CB7D #7DCB92

monochromatic

#7F3B93 #A151BA #B97DCB #D1A9DC #E8D4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B97DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#B97DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97DCB

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97DCB	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8195C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9879B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 125, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.129 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa4db',
    500: '#b97dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97dcb;
$custom-light: #cfa4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67891,
    "c": 0.12883,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97DCB

secondary

#CBDFC4

accent

#B6304F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#140F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97DCB

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

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