#B197FF#B197FF

#B197FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.148 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B197FF
RGB	rgb(177, 151, 255)
HSL	hsl(255, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(255, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 40.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 31.70, -48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 57.84, 303.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.0603 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.148 294)
XYZ	xyz(47.2436, 38.6996, 99.5691)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B197FF #E5FF97

analogous

#97B1FF #B197FF #E597FF

triadic

#B197FF #FFB197 #97FFB1

tetradic

#B197FF #FF97B1 #E5FF97 #97FFE5

square

#B197FF #FF97B1 #E5FF97 #97FFE5

split-complementary

#B197FF #FFE597 #B1FF97

monochromatic

#551DFF #835AFF #B197FF #DFD4FF #E8E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B197FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B197FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B197FF

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B197FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B197FF	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA5FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0AABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b197ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 151, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.148 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb6ff',
    500: '#b197ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b197ff;
$custom-light: #cbb6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b197ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74134,
    "c": 0.14832,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B197FF

secondary

#EEF7D4

accent

#E600AC

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#131118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B197FF

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

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