#B197EB#B197EB

#B197EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.122 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B197EB
RGB	rgb(177, 151, 235)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 35.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, 26.85, -38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 47.23, 304.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% 0.0563 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.122 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1900, 37.4781, 83.4871)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B197EB #D1EB97

analogous

#97A7EB #B197EB #DB97EB

triadic

#B197EB #EBB197 #97EBB1

tetradic

#B197EB #EB97A7 #D1EB97 #97EBDB

square

#B197EB #EB97A7 #D1EB97 #97EBDB

split-complementary

#B197EB #EBDB97 #A7EB97

monochromatic

#6430D7 #8B64E1 #B197EB #D7CAF5 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B197EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B197EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B197EB

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B197EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B197EB	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)

#82A5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b197eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 151, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.122 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5f1',
    500: '#b197eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b197eb;
$custom-light: #cab5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b197eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.571,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73156,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B197EB

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D01696

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B197EB

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

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