#B997CB#B997CB

#B997CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.083 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997CB
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 203)
HSL	hsl(279, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 25.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, 22.22, -21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 31.23, 315.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% 0.0571 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.083 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8519, 36.7599, 61.3789)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997CB #A9CB97

analogous

#9F97CB #B997CB #CB97C3

triadic

#B997CB #CBB997 #97CBB9

tetradic

#B997CB #CB9F97 #A9CB97 #97C3CB

square

#B997CB #CB9F97 #A9CB97 #97C3CB

split-complementary

#B997CB #C3CB97 #97CB9F

monochromatic

#804D9A #9E6EB7 #B997CB #D4C0DF #F0E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B997CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B997CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997CB

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997CB	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.083 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb5db',
    500: '#b997cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997cb;
$custom-light: #ceb5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72501,
    "c": 0.08264,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997CB

secondary

#DDE6D7

accent

#AC3961

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997CB

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

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