#B397FD#B397FD

#B397FD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.146 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397FD
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 253)
HSL	hsl(256, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 40.3%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, 31.75, -47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 56.85, 303.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% 0.0622 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.146 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.3823, 38.8081, 97.9038)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397FD #E1FD97

analogous

#97AEFD #B397FD #E697FD

triadic

#B397FD #FDB397 #97FDB3

tetradic

#B397FD #FD97AE #E1FD97 #97FDE6

square

#B397FD #FD97AE #E1FD97 #97FDE6

split-complementary

#B397FD #FDE697 #AEFD97

monochromatic

#5B1FFB #875BFC #B397FD #DFD3FE #E9E1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B397FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B397FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397FD

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397FD	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA6FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.146 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb6fe',
    500: '#b397fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397fd;
$custom-light: #ccb6fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.471,
    "s": 96.226,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74205,
    "c": 0.14586,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397FD

secondary

#EDF7D4

accent

#E600A6

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397FD

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

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