#B397E2#B397E2

#B397E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.110 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397E2
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 226)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(262, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 33.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, 25.35, -34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 42.57, 306.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0565 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.11 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3815, 37.2078, 76.8331)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397E2 #C6E297

analogous

#97A1E2 #B397E2 #D997E2

triadic

#B397E2 #E2B397 #97E2B3

tetradic

#B397E2 #E297A1 #C6E297 #97E2D9

square

#B397E2 #E297A1 #C6E297 #97E2D9

split-complementary

#B397E2 #E2D997 #A1E297

monochromatic

#6D38C7 #9067D5 #B397E2 #D6C7EF #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B397E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#B397E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397E2

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397E2	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.110 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5eb',
    500: '#b397e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397e2;
$custom-light: #cbb5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.4,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7292,
    "c": 0.11017,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397E2

secondary

#E8F0DB

accent

#C42287

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397E2

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

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