#B997CD#B997CD

#B997CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.085 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997CD
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(278, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 22.63, -22.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 32.23, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0577 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.085 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0918, 36.8558, 62.6423)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997CD #ABCD97

analogous

#9E97CD #B997CD #CD97C6

triadic

#B997CD #CDB997 #97CDB9

tetradic

#B997CD #CD9E97 #ABCD97 #97C6CD

square

#B997CD #CD9E97 #ABCD97 #97C6CD

split-complementary

#B997CD #C6CD97 #97CD9E

monochromatic

#7F4C9E #9D6EB9 #B997CD #D5C0E1 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B997CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#B997CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997CD

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997CD	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.085 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb5dc',
    500: '#b997cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997cd;
$custom-light: #ceb5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.778,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7258,
    "c": 0.08509,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997CD

secondary

#DEE8D8

accent

#AE3863

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997CD

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

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