#B997DB#B997DB

#B997DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.103 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997DB
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 219)
HSL	hsl(270, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 31.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 25.61, -29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 39.36, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% 0.0616 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.103 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8579, 37.5623, 71.9438)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997DB #B9DB97

analogous

#9797DB #B997DB #DB97DB

triadic

#B997DB #DBB997 #97DBB9

tetradic

#B997DB #DB9797 #B9DB97 #97DBDB

square

#B997DB #DB9797 #B9DB97 #97DBDB

split-complementary

#B997DB #DBDB97 #97DB97

monochromatic

#7C40B8 #9A6ACB #B997DB #D8C4EB #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B997DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#B997DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997DB

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997DB	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.103 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb6e6',
    500: '#b997db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997db;
$custom-light: #cfb6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73159,
    "c": 0.1027,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997DB

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BC2A73

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997DB

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

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