#B997DA#B997DA

#B997DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.101 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997DA
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 218)
HSL	hsl(270, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(270, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 30.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, 25.39, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 38.85, 310.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% 0.0614 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.101 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7267, 37.5098, 71.2526)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997DA #B8DA97

analogous

#9897DA #B997DA #DA97DA

triadic

#B997DA #DAB997 #97DAB9

tetradic

#B997DA #DA9897 #B8DA97 #97DADA

square

#B997DA #DA9897 #B8DA97 #97DADA

split-complementary

#B997DA #DADA97 #97DA98

monochromatic

#7C41B6 #9B6ACA #B997DA #D7C4EA #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B997DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B997DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997DA

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997DA	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.101 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb6e5',
    500: '#b997da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997da;
$custom-light: #cfb6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.448,
    "s": 47.518,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73116,
    "c": 0.10142,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997DA

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BB2B72

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997DA

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

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