#B797EE#B797EE

#B797EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.127 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797EE
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 238)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(262, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 36.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, 29.29, -39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 49.12, 306.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0639 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.127 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0243, 38.3734, 85.8544)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797EE #CEEE97

analogous

#97A3EE #B797EE #E397EE

triadic

#B797EE #EEB797 #97EEB7

tetradic

#B797EE #EE97A3 #CEEE97 #97EEE3

square

#B797EE #EE97A3 #CEEE97 #97EEE3

split-complementary

#B797EE #EEE397 #A3EE97

monochromatic

#6E2EDD #9362E5 #B797EE #DBCCF7 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B797EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B797EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797EE

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797EE	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.127 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb6f4',
    500: '#b797ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797ee;
$custom-light: #ceb6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.069,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73828,
    "c": 0.12677,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797EE

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D4128C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797EE

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

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