#B797EB#B797EB

#B797EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.123 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797EB
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 235)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(263, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 35.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 28.60, -37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 47.55, 306.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0632 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.123 301)
XYZ	xyz(45.5872, 38.1986, 83.5525)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797EB #CBEB97

analogous

#97A1EB #B797EB #E197EB

triadic

#B797EB #EBB797 #97EBB7

tetradic

#B797EB #EB97A1 #CBEB97 #97EBE1

square

#B797EB #EB97A1 #CBEB97 #97EBE1

split-complementary

#B797EB #EBE197 #A1EB97

monochromatic

#7030D7 #9364E1 #B797EB #DBCAF5 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B797EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B797EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797EB

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797EB	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.123 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb6f1',
    500: '#b797eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797eb;
$custom-light: #ceb6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73689,
    "c": 0.12286,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.38199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797EB

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D01689

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797EB

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

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