#B797CF#B797CF

#B797CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.087 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797CF
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 207)
HSL	hsl(274, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(274, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 27.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, 22.40, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 33.01, 312.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.056 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.087 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8556, 36.7059, 63.8994)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797CF #AFCF97

analogous

#9B97CF #B797CF #CF97CB

triadic

#B797CF #CFB797 #97CFB7

tetradic

#B797CF #CF9B97 #AFCF97 #97CBCF

square

#B797CF #CF9B97 #AFCF97 #97CBCF

split-complementary

#B797CF #CBCF97 #97CF9B

monochromatic

#7C4AA1 #9A6DBC #B797CF #D4C1E2 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B797CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B797CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797CF

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797CF	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.087 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5dd',
    500: '#b797cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797cf;
$custom-light: #cdb5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72474,
    "c": 0.08673,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797CF

secondary

#E0E9D9

accent

#B0366A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797CF

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

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