#B797CD#B797CD

#B797CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.084 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797CD
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(276, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(276, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 21.98, -23.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 31.99, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0554 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.084 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6126, 36.6087, 62.6198)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797CD #ADCD97

analogous

#9C97CD #B797CD #CD97C8

triadic

#B797CD #CDB797 #97CDB7

tetradic

#B797CD #CD9C97 #ADCD97 #97C8CD

square

#B797CD #CD9C97 #ADCD97 #97C8CD

split-complementary

#B797CD #C8CD97 #97CD9C

monochromatic

#7C4C9E #9A6EB9 #B797CD #D4C0E1 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B797CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#B797CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797CD

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797CD	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.084 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5dc',
    500: '#b797cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797cd;
$custom-light: #cdb5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.556,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72393,
    "c": 0.08421,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797CD

secondary

#DEE8D8

accent

#AE3868

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797CD

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

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