#B997CE#B997CE

#B997CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.086 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997CE
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 206)
HSL	hsl(277, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 26.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 22.84, -23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 32.73, 314.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% 0.058 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.086 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2129, 36.9043, 63.2800)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997CE #ACCE97

analogous

#9D97CE #B997CE #CE97C8

triadic

#B997CE #CEB997 #97CEB9

tetradic

#B997CE #CE9D97 #ACCE97 #97C8CE

square

#B997CE #CE9D97 #ACCE97 #97C8CE

split-complementary

#B997CE #C8CE97 #97CE9D

monochromatic

#7F4B9F #9D6DBA #B997CE #D5C1E2 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B997CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B997CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997CE

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997CE	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.086 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb5dd',
    500: '#b997ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997ce;
$custom-light: #ceb5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.091,
    "s": 35.948,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7262,
    "c": 0.08633,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997CE

secondary

#DFE8D9

accent

#AF3765

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997CE

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

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