#B797DF#B797DF

#B797DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.107 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797DF
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 223)
HSL	hsl(267, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(267, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 32.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 25.88, -32.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 41.27, 308.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.0604 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.107 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9116, 37.5283, 74.7281)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797DF #BFDF97

analogous

#979BDF #B797DF #DB97DF

triadic

#B797DF #DFB797 #97DFB7

tetradic

#B797DF #DF979B #BFDF97 #97DFDB

square

#B797DF #DF979B #BFDF97 #97DFDB

split-complementary

#B797DF #DFDB97 #9BDF97

monochromatic

#763BC0 #9768D1 #B797DF #D7C6ED #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B797DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#B797DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797DF

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797DF	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A4E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.107 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb6e9',
    500: '#b797df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797df;
$custom-light: #cdb6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73148,
    "c": 0.10723,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797DF

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C0257B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797DF

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

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