HEX atlas value

#B7A1C7

#B7A1C7 is a cool purple HEX color nearest Heather. RGB 183, 161, 199, HSL 275° 25% 71%, luminance 0.3968; view contrast and conversions.

purple cool muted

#B7A1C7 Sample readable text

HEX #B7A1C7

RGB rgb(183, 161, 199)

HSL hsl(275 25% 71%)

CMYK cmyk(8, 19, 0, 22)

Luminance 0.3968

Contrast Black 8.94:1White 2.35:1

CSS

--color-b7a1c7: #B7A1C7;
.background-b7a1c7 { background-color: #B7A1C7; }
.text-b7a1c7 { color: #B7A1C7; }

HEX meaning and use

About #B7A1C7

#B7A1C7 is classified as a cool purple value with muted visual character. #B7A1C7 is visually closest to Heather, a named purple color with HEX #B7A1C7.

The RGB channels are 183, 161, and 199, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 275deg with 25% saturation and 71% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.3968, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text8.94:1AA Pass

White text2.35:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #B7A1C7 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000008.94:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.35:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#E4DCEA#E4DCEA · #000000 text · best 15.72:1 #B2C8A3#B2C8A3 · #000000 text · best 11.68:1 Pastel Lilac#BDB0D0 · #000000 text · best 10.28:1 #B5B3B7#B5B3B7 · #000000 text · best 10.1:1 Galvanized Steel#A9B0B4 · #000000 text · best 9.56:1

Generated Palette

Heather#B7A1C7

#B2C8A3#B2C8A3

#A6A3C8#A6A3C8

#C8A3C4#C8A3C4

#E4DCEA#E4DCEA

#8C69A5#8C69A5

Color Harmonies

#B2C8A3#B2C8A3

#A6A3C8#A6A3C8

#C8A3C4#C8A3C4

#C8B8A3#C8B8A3

#A3C8B8#A3C8B8

Variants

#E4DCEA#E4DCEA

#8C69A5#8C69A5

#BB92D8#BB92D8

#B5B3B7#B5B3B7

#F5F4F6#F5F4F6

#D294FF#D294FF

Nearest Named Colors

Heather#B7A1C7

Lilac#C8A2C8

Pastel Lilac#BDB0D0

Wisteria#C9A0DC

Galvanized Steel#A9B0B4

Luminance0.3968

Black text8.94:1AA Pass

White text2.35:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#B7A1C7","rgb":[183,161,199],"hsl":[275,25,71],"cmyk":[8,19,0,22],"luminance":0.3968,"contrast":{"black":8.94,"white":2.35}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":8.94,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.35,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#E4DCEA","hex":"#E4DCEA","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.72,"contrastWhite":1.34,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#B2C8A3","hex":"#B2C8A3","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.68,"contrastWhite":1.8,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Pastel Lilac","hex":"#BDB0D0","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.28,"contrastWhite":2.04,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#B5B3B7","hex":"#B5B3B7","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.1,"contrastWhite":2.08,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Galvanized Steel","hex":"#A9B0B4","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.56,"contrastWhite":2.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool purple","muted","muted purple","Heather adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/b7a1c7.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/heather.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lilac.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-lilac.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#B2C8A3","analogous":["#A6A3C8","#C8A3C4"],"triadic":["#C8B8A3","#A3C8B8"],"tetradic":["#C8A6A3","#B2C8A3","#A3C4C8"],"splitComplementary":["#C4C8A3","#A3C8A6"],"monochromatic":["#E4DCEA","#B7A1C7","#8C69A5"]}

Variants

{"light":"#E4DCEA","dark":"#8C69A5","saturated":"#BB92D8","desaturated":"#B5B3B7","pastel":"#F5F4F6","neon":"#D294FF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"heather","name":"Heather","hex":"#B7A1C7","distance":0},{"slug":"lilac","name":"Lilac","hex":"#C8A2C8","distance":17.05872210923198},{"slug":"pastel-lilac","name":"Pastel Lilac","hex":"#BDB0D0","distance":18.49324200890693},{"slug":"wisteria","name":"Wisteria","hex":"#C9A0DC","distance":27.676705006196094},{"slug":"galvanized-steel","name":"Galvanized Steel","hex":"#A9B0B4","distance":27.964262908219126}]

#B7A1C7

CSS

About #B7A1C7

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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