#B197FA#B197FA

#B197FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.142 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B197FA
RGB	rgb(177, 151, 250)
HSL	hsl(256, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 39.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 30.47, -46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 55.19, 303.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% 0.0594 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.142 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.4492, 38.3818, 95.3852)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B197FA #E0FA97

analogous

#97AEFA #B197FA #E397FA

triadic

#B197FA #FAB197 #97FAB1

tetradic

#B197FA #FA97AE #E0FA97 #97FAE3

square

#B197FA #FA97AE #E0FA97 #97FAE3

split-complementary

#B197FA #FAE397 #AEFA97

monochromatic

#5922F4 #855DF7 #B197FA #DDD1FD #E9E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B197FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B197FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B197FA

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B197FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B197FA	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA7FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA5F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b197fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 151, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.142 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab6fc',
    500: '#b197fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b197fa;
$custom-light: #cab6fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b197fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.758,
    "s": 90.826,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73882,
    "c": 0.14172,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B197FA

secondary

#EDF6D5

accent

#E600A9

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B197FA

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

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