#B997BF#B997BF

#B997BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.068 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997BF
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 191)
HSL	hsl(291, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(291, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, 19.80, -15.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 25.39, 321.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% 0.0534 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.068 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4769, 36.2098, 54.1370)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997BF #9DBF97

analogous

#A597BF #B997BF #BF97B1

triadic

#B997BF #BFB997 #97BFB9

tetradic

#B997BF #BFA597 #9DBF97 #97B1BF

square

#B997BF #BFA597 #9DBF97 #97B1BF

split-complementary

#B997BF #B1BF97 #97BFA5

monochromatic

#805488 #A071A8 #B997BF #D3BDD6 #ECE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B997BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#B997BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997BF

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997BF	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A0C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.068 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb5d2',
    500: '#b997bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997bf;
$custom-light: #ceb5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72043,
    "c": 0.06844,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997BF

secondary

#D4DFD3

accent

#A24351

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997BF

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

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