#B797CA#B797CA

#B797CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.080 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797CA
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 202)
HSL	hsl(278, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 25.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 21.35, -21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 30.48, 314.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0546 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.08 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2540, 36.4653, 60.7309)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797CA #AACA97

analogous

#9E97CA #B797CA #CA97C4

triadic

#B797CA #CAB797 #97CAB7

tetradic

#B797CA #CA9E97 #AACA97 #97C4CA

square

#B797CA #CA9E97 #AACA97 #97C4CA

split-complementary

#B797CA #C4CA97 #97CA9E

monochromatic

#7D4E99 #9B6EB5 #B797CA #D3C0DF #EFE8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B797CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B797CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797CA

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797CA	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.080 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5da',
    500: '#b797ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797ca;
$custom-light: #cdb5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.647,
    "s": 32.484,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72274,
    "c": 0.08048,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797CA

secondary

#DDE6D7

accent

#AB3A64

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797CA

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

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