#B997CA#B997CA

#B997CA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.081 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997CA
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 202)
HSL	hsl(280, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 25.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, 22.01, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 30.73, 315.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% 0.0568 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.081 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7332, 36.7124, 60.7534)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997CA #A8CA97

analogous

#A097CA #B997CA #CA97C2

triadic

#B997CA #CAB997 #97CAB9

tetradic

#B997CA #CAA097 #A8CA97 #97C2CA

square

#B997CA #CAA097 #A8CA97 #97C2CA

split-complementary

#B997CA #C2CA97 #97CAA0

monochromatic

#804E99 #9E6EB5 #B997CA #D4C0DF #F0E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B997CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B997CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997CA

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997CA	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.081 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb5da',
    500: '#b997ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997ca;
$custom-light: #ceb5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 32.484,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72461,
    "c": 0.08142,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997CA

secondary

#DCE6D7

accent

#AB3A60

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997CA

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

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