#B397EE#B397EE

#B397EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.126 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397EE
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 36.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, 28.14, -40.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 48.92, 305.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% 0.0593 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.126 298)
XYZ	xyz(45.0861, 37.8896, 85.8105)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397EE #D2EE97

analogous

#97A7EE #B397EE #DF97EE

triadic

#B397EE #EEB397 #97EEB3

tetradic

#B397EE #EE97A7 #D2EE97 #97EEDF

square

#B397EE #EE97A7 #D2EE97 #97EEDF

split-complementary

#B397EE #EEDF97 #A7EE97

monochromatic

#662EDD #8D62E5 #B397EE #D9CCF7 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B397EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#B397EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397EE

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397EE	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.126 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb6f4',
    500: '#b397ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397ee;
$custom-light: #cbb6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.31,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73473,
    "c": 0.12606,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.3789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397EE

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D41295

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397EE

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

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