#B597EE#B597EE

#B597EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.126 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B597EE
RGBrgb(181, 151, 238)
HSLhsl(261, 72%, 76%)
HSVhsv(261, 37%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(23.9%, 36.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(68.12, 28.71, -39.73)
CIE-LCHlch(68.12, 49.02, 305.86°)
OKLaboklab(73.65% 0.0616 -0.1104)
OKLCHoklch(73.65% 0.126 299.2)
XYZxyz(45.5518, 38.1298, 85.8323)
Luminance0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B597EE #D0EE97
analogous
#97A5EE #B597EE #E197EE
triadic
#B597EE #EEB597 #97EEB5
tetradic
#B597EE #EE97A5 #D0EE97 #97EEE1
square
#B597EE #EE97A5 #D0EE97 #97EEE1
split-complementary
#B597EE #EEE197 #A5EE97
monochromatic
#6A2EDD #9062E5 #B597EE #DACCF7 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43
#B597EE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63
#B597EE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B597EE
8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B597EE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B597EE1.002.438.638.63
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6321.001.001.00
##0000008.6321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#81A6F1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#87A5EC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AAA5B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b597ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 151, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.126 299.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb6f4',
    500: '#b597ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b597ee;
$custom-light: #ccb6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b597ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7365,
    "c": 0.1264,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B597EE
secondary
#E9F2D9
accent
#D41291
background
#FCFBFE
surface
#F9F6FD
border
#D2D0D5
text
#131117
muted
#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B597EE

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#B597EE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva