#B797E8#B797E8

#B797E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.119 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797E8
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 232)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(264, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 34.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 27.91, -36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 45.98, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.0625 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.119 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1574, 38.0266, 81.2891)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797E8 #C8E897

analogous

#979FE8 #B797E8 #E097E8

triadic

#B797E8 #E8B797 #97E8B7

tetradic

#B797E8 #E8979F #C8E897 #97E8E0

square

#B797E8 #E8979F #C8E897 #97E8E0

split-complementary

#B797E8 #E8E097 #9FE897

monochromatic

#7233D2 #9465DD #B797E8 #DAC9F3 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B797E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#B797E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797E8

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797E8	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.119 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb6ef',
    500: '#b797e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797e8;
$custom-light: #ceb6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.704,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73551,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797E8

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CC1A85

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797E8

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

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