#B997D2#B997D2

#B997D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.091 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997D2
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 210)
HSL	hsl(275, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 28%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 28.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 23.68, -25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 34.75, 312.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0592 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.091 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7050, 37.1011, 65.8718)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997D2 #B0D297

analogous

#9B97D2 #B997D2 #D297CD

triadic

#B997D2 #D2B997 #97D2B9

tetradic

#B997D2 #D29B97 #B0D297 #97CDD2

square

#B997D2 #D29B97 #B0D297 #97CDD2

split-complementary

#B997D2 #CDD297 #97D29B

monochromatic

#7F48A7 #9C6CC0 #B997D2 #D6C2E4 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B997D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B997D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997D2

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997D2	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA2D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.091 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb5e0',
    500: '#b997d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997d2;
$custom-light: #ceb5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.576,
    "s": 39.597,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72782,
    "c": 0.09131,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997D2

secondary

#E1EADA

accent

#B33369

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997D2

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

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