#B197EE#B197EE

#B197EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.126 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B197EE
RGB	rgb(177, 151, 238)
HSL	hsl(258, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(258, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 36.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, 27.57, -40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 48.83, 304.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% 0.057 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.126 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6271, 37.6530, 85.7889)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B197EE #D4EE97

analogous

#97A9EE #B197EE #DD97EE

triadic

#B197EE #EEB197 #97EEB1

tetradic

#B197EE #EE97A9 #D4EE97 #97EEDD

square

#B197EE #EE97A9 #D4EE97 #97EEDD

split-complementary

#B197EE #EEDD97 #A9EE97

monochromatic

#622EDD #8A62E5 #B197EE #D8CCF7 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B197EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B197EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B197EE

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B197EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B197EE	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b197ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 151, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.126 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5f4',
    500: '#b197ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b197ee;
$custom-light: #cab5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b197ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.931,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73298,
    "c": 0.12578,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B197EE

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D4129A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B197EE

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

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