#B997D4#B997D4

#B997D4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.094 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997D4
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 212)
HSL	hsl(273, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(273, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 28.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, 24.10, -26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 35.77, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0597 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.094 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9557, 37.2014, 67.1922)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997D4 #B2D497

analogous

#9A97D4 #B997D4 #D497D0

triadic

#B997D4 #D4B997 #97D4B9

tetradic

#B997D4 #D49A97 #B2D497 #97D0D4

square

#B997D4 #D49A97 #B2D497 #97D0D4

split-complementary

#B997D4 #D0D497 #97D49A

monochromatic

#7E46AA #9C6CC2 #B997D4 #D6C2E6 #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B997D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#B997D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997D4

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997D4	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69FAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.094 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb6e1',
    500: '#b997d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997d4;
$custom-light: #ceb6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.443,
    "s": 41.497,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72864,
    "c": 0.09382,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997D4

secondary

#E2EBDB

accent

#B5316B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997D4

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

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