#B797CB#B797CB

#B797CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.082 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797CB
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 203)
HSL	hsl(277, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(277, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 25.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 21.56, -22.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 30.98, 314.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% 0.0549 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.082 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3727, 36.5128, 61.3565)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797CB #ABCB97

analogous

#9D97CB #B797CB #CB97C5

triadic

#B797CB #CBB797 #97CBB7

tetradic

#B797CB #CB9D97 #ABCB97 #97C5CB

square

#B797CB #CB9D97 #ABCB97 #97C5CB

split-complementary

#B797CB #C5CB97 #97CB9D

monochromatic

#7D4D9A #9B6EB7 #B797CB #D3C0DF #EFE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B797CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#B797CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797CB

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797CB	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.082 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5db',
    500: '#b797cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797cb;
$custom-light: #cdb5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72313,
    "c": 0.08171,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797CB

secondary

#DDE6D7

accent

#AC3966

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797CB

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

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