#B397FF#B397FF

#B397FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.148 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B397FF
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 255)
HSL	hsl(256, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(256, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 40.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 32.24, -48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 57.90, 303.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% 0.0626 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.148 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7026, 38.9362, 99.5906)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B397FF #E3FF97

analogous

#97AFFF #B397FF #E797FF

triadic

#B397FF #FFB397 #97FFB3

tetradic

#B397FF #FF97AF #E3FF97 #97FFE7

square

#B397FF #FF97AF #E3FF97 #97FFE7

split-complementary

#B397FF #FFE797 #AFFF97

monochromatic

#5A1DFF #865AFF #B397FF #E0D4FF #E9E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B397FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B397FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B397FF

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B397FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B397FF	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA6FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b397ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.148 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb6ff',
    500: '#b397ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b397ff;
$custom-light: #ccb6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b397ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74306,
    "c": 0.14849,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B397FF

secondary

#EEF7D4

accent

#E600A8

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B397FF

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

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