#B797F8#B797F8

#B797F8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.140 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797F8
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 248)
HSL	hsl(260, 87%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(260, 39%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 39.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 31.64, -44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 54.37, 305.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% 0.0659 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.14 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.5344, 38.9774, 93.8078)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797F8 #D8F897

analogous

#97A7F8 #B797F8 #E797F8

triadic

#B797F8 #F8B797 #97F8B7

tetradic

#B797F8 #F897A7 #D8F897 #97F8E7

square

#B797F8 #F897A7 #D8F897 #97F8E7

split-complementary

#B797F8 #F8E797 #A7F897

monochromatic

#6824F0 #8F5EF4 #B797F8 #DFD0FC #EBE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B797F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B797F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797F8

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797F8	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA8FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A7F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.140 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb6fb',
    500: '#b797f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797f8;
$custom-light: #ceb6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.794,
    "s": 87.387,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74307,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797F8

secondary

#EBF5D6

accent

#E40299

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797F8

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

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