#B797F9#B797F9

#B797F9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.141 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797F9
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 249)
HSL	hsl(260, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(260, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 39.4%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, 31.88, -44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 54.89, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% 0.0661 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.141 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6899, 39.0397, 94.6271)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797F9 #D9F997

analogous

#97A8F9 #B797F9 #E897F9

triadic

#B797F9 #F9B797 #97F9B7

tetradic

#B797F9 #F997A8 #D9F997 #97F9E8

square

#B797F9 #F997A8 #D9F997 #97F9E8

split-complementary

#B797F9 #F9E897 #A8F997

monochromatic

#6723F2 #8F5DF6 #B797F9 #DFD1FC #EBE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B797F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B797F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797F9

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797F9	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA8FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A7F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.141 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb6fb',
    500: '#b797f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797f9;
$custom-light: #ceb6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.592,
    "s": 89.091,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74356,
    "c": 0.14111,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797F9

secondary

#EBF5D6

accent

#E6009B

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797F9

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

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