#B797EF#B797EF

#B797EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.128 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797EF
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 239)
HSL	hsl(262, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(262, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 36.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, 29.52, -39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 49.65, 306.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% 0.0641 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.128 300)
XYZ	xyz(46.1716, 38.4323, 86.6303)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797EF #CFEF97

analogous

#97A3EF #B797EF #E397EF

triadic

#B797EF #EFB797 #97EFB7

tetradic

#B797EF #EF97A3 #CFEF97 #97EFE3

square

#B797EF #EF97A3 #CFEF97 #97EFE3

split-complementary

#B797EF #EFE397 #A3EF97

monochromatic

#6E2DDF #9262E7 #B797EF #DCCCF7 #EDE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B797EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B797EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797EF

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797EF	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.128 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb6f4',
    500: '#b797ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797ef;
$custom-light: #ceb6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73875,
    "c": 0.12807,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.38432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797EF

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D5108E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797EF

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

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