#B297E5#B297E5

#B297E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.114 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B297E5
RGB	rgb(178, 151, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 34.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, 25.74, -35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 44.10, 305.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0561 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.114 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5664, 37.2551, 79.0093)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B297E5 #CAE597

analogous

#97A3E5 #B297E5 #D997E5

triadic

#B297E5 #E5B297 #97E5B2

tetradic

#B297E5 #E597A3 #CAE597 #97E5D9

square

#B297E5 #E597A3 #CAE597 #97E5D9

split-complementary

#B297E5 #E5D997 #A3E597

monochromatic

#6A35CD #8E66D9 #B297E5 #D6C8F1 #EDE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B297E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B297E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B297E5

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B297E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B297E5	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b297e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 151, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.114 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5ed',
    500: '#b297e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b297e5;
$custom-light: #cab5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b297e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72967,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B297E5

secondary

#E9F0DB

accent

#C81E8D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B297E5

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

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