#B797DA#B797DA

#B797DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.101 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797DA
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 218)
HSL	hsl(269, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(269, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 30.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, 24.77, -29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 38.67, 309.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% 0.0591 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.101 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2475, 37.2627, 71.2301)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797DA #BADA97

analogous

#9798DA #B797DA #D997DA

triadic

#B797DA #DAB797 #97DAB7

tetradic

#B797DA #DA9798 #BADA97 #97DAD9

square

#B797DA #DA9798 #BADA97 #97DAD9

split-complementary

#B797DA #DAD997 #98DA97

monochromatic

#7941B6 #986ACA #B797DA #D6C4EA #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B797DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B797DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797DA

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797DA	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.101 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5e5',
    500: '#b797da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797da;
$custom-light: #cdb5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.657,
    "s": 47.518,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72932,
    "c": 0.10077,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797DA

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BB2B76

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797DA

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

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