#B797DC#B797DC

#B797DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.103 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797DC
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 220)
HSL	hsl(268, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(268, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 31.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, 25.21, -30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 39.71, 309.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0596 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.103 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5108, 37.3680, 72.6168)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797DC #BCDC97

analogous

#9799DC #B797DC #D997DC

triadic

#B797DC #DCB797 #97DCB7

tetradic

#B797DC #DC9799 #BCDC97 #97DCD9

square

#B797DC #DC9799 #BCDC97 #97DCD9

split-complementary

#B797DC #DCD997 #99DC97

monochromatic

#783FBA #9769CD #B797DC #D7C5EB #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B797DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B797DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797DC

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797DC	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.103 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb6e7',
    500: '#b797dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797dc;
$custom-light: #cdb6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.826,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73018,
    "c": 0.10336,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797DC

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BD2978

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797DC

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

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