#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
RGBrgb(185, 151, 212)
HSLhsl(273, 41%, 71%)
HSVhsv(273, 29%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(12.7%, 28.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(67.43, 24.10, -26.43)
CIE-LCHlch(67.43, 35.77, 312.36°)
OKLaboklab(72.86% 0.0597 -0.0723)
OKLCHoklch(72.86% 0.094 309.6)
XYZxyz(42.9557, 37.2014, 67.1922)
Luminance0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##B997D41.002.498.448.44
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4421.001.001.00
##0000008.4421.001.001.00

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

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#B997D4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva