#B997BC#B997BC

#B997BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.065 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997BC
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(295, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(295, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 19.21, -14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 23.99, 323.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% 0.0524 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.065 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1501, 36.0791, 52.4161)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997BC #9ABC97

analogous

#A797BC #B997BC #BC97AD

triadic

#B997BC #BCB997 #97BCB9

tetradic

#B997BC #BCA797 #9ABC97 #97ADBC

square

#B997BC #BCA797 #9ABC97 #97ADBC

split-complementary

#B997BC #ADBC97 #97BCA7

monochromatic

#805584 #A072A4 #B997BC #D2BCD4 #EBE1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B997BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B997BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997BC

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997BC	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.065 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb5d0',
    500: '#b997bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997bc;
$custom-light: #ceb5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.135,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71933,
    "c": 0.06508,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997BC

secondary

#D2DDD1

accent

#A0454D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997BC

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

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