#B797D4#B797D4

#B797D4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.093 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797D4
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 212)
HSL	hsl(271, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(271, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 28.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, 23.47, -26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 35.57, 311.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0575 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.093 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4765, 36.9543, 67.1698)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797D4 #B4D497

analogous

#9897D4 #B797D4 #D497D2

triadic

#B797D4 #D4B797 #97D4B7

tetradic

#B797D4 #D49897 #B4D497 #97D2D4

square

#B797D4 #D49897 #B4D497 #97D2D4

split-complementary

#B797D4 #D2D497 #97D498

monochromatic

#7B46AA #996CC2 #B797D4 #D5C2E6 #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B797D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#B797D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797D4

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797D4	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A4D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39FAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.093 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5e1',
    500: '#b797d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797d4;
$custom-light: #cdb5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.475,
    "s": 41.497,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72679,
    "c": 0.09307,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797D4

secondary

#E3EBDB

accent

#B53170

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797D4

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

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