#B797DB#B797DB

#B797DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.102 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797DB
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 219)
HSL	hsl(268, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(268, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 31.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, 24.99, -30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 39.19, 309.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0593 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.102 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3787, 37.3152, 71.9214)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797DB #BBDB97

analogous

#9799DB #B797DB #D997DB

triadic

#B797DB #DBB797 #97DBB7

tetradic

#B797DB #DB9799 #BBDB97 #97DBD9

square

#B797DB #DB9799 #BBDB97 #97DBD9

split-complementary

#B797DB #DBD997 #99DB97

monochromatic

#7840B8 #986ACB #B797DB #D6C4EB #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B797DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#B797DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797DB

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797DB	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.102 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5e6',
    500: '#b797db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797db;
$custom-light: #cdb5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72975,
    "c": 0.10206,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797DB

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BC2A77

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797DB

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

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