#B497EA#B497EA

#B497EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.121 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B497EA
RGB	rgb(180, 151, 234)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 35.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 27.49, -37.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 46.86, 305.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0595 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.121 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7370, 37.7768, 82.7607)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B497EA #CDEA97

analogous

#97A3EA #B497EA #DD97EA

triadic

#B497EA #EAB497 #97EAB4

tetradic

#B497EA #EA97A3 #CDEA97 #97EADD

square

#B497EA #EA97A3 #CDEA97 #97EADD

split-complementary

#B497EA #EADD97 #A3EA97

monochromatic

#6B31D5 #8F64E0 #B497EA #D9CAF4 #EDE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B497EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B497EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B497EA

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B497EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B497EA	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b497ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 151, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.121 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb6f1',
    500: '#b497ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b497ea;
$custom-light: #ccb6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b497ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.964,
    "s": 66.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73374,
    "c": 0.12095,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B497EA

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CE178E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B497EA

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

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