#B997BA#B997BA

#B997BA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.063 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997BA
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 186)
HSL	hsl(298, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(298, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 18.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 18.83, -13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 23.08, 324.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% 0.0517 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.063 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9360, 35.9935, 51.2885)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997BA #98BA97

analogous

#A797BA #B997BA #BA97A9

triadic

#B997BA #BAB997 #97BAB9

tetradic

#B997BA #BAA797 #98BA97 #97A9BA

square

#B997BA #BAA797 #98BA97 #97A9BA

split-complementary

#B997BA #A9BA97 #97BAA7

monochromatic

#805681 #A072A2 #B997BA #D2BCD2 #EBE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B997BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#B997BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997BA

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997BA	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.063 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb5ce',
    500: '#b997ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997ba;
$custom-light: #ceb5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.286,
    "s": 20.231,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71861,
    "c": 0.0629,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997BA

secondary

#D1DCD1

accent

#9F4749

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997BA

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

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