#B997BB#B997BB

#B997BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.064 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997BB
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(297, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(297, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 19.02, -13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 23.53, 323.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0521 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.064 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0427, 36.0362, 51.8504)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997BB #99BB97

analogous

#A797BB #B997BB #BB97AB

triadic

#B997BB #BBB997 #97BBB9

tetradic

#B997BB #BBA797 #99BB97 #97ABBB

square

#B997BB #BBA797 #99BB97 #97ABBB

split-complementary

#B997BB #ABBB97 #97BBA7

monochromatic

#805582 #A072A3 #B997BB #D2BCD3 #EBE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B997BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B997BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997BB

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997BB	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.064 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb5cf',
    500: '#b997bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997bb;
$custom-light: #ceb5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71897,
    "c": 0.06398,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997BB

secondary

#D2DDD1

accent

#9F464B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997BB

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

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