#B397EF#B397EF

#B397EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.127 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397EF
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 36.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 28.38, -40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 49.45, 305.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0595 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.127 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2334, 37.9486, 86.5864)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397EF #D3EF97

analogous

#97A7EF #B397EF #DF97EF

triadic

#B397EF #EFB397 #97EFB3

tetradic

#B397EF #EF97A7 #D3EF97 #97EFDF

square

#B397EF #EF97A7 #D3EF97 #97EFDF

split-complementary

#B397EF #EFDF97 #A7EF97

monochromatic

#652DDF #8C62E7 #B397EF #DACCF7 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B397EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B397EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397EF

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397EF	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.127 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb6f4',
    500: '#b397ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397ef;
$custom-light: #cbb6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7352,
    "c": 0.12739,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397EF

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D51097

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397EF

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

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