#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
RGB	rgb(181, 151, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 36.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, 28.71, -39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 49.02, 305.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.0616 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.126 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5518, 38.1298, 85.8323)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##B597EE	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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