#B797FA#B797FA

#B797FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.142 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797FA
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 250)
HSL	hsl(259, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(259, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 39.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, 32.12, -45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 55.42, 305.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0663 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.142 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.8463, 39.1022, 95.4507)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797FA #DAFA97

analogous

#97A8FA #B797FA #E897FA

triadic

#B797FA #FAB797 #97FAB7

tetradic

#B797FA #FA97A8 #DAFA97 #97FAE8

square

#B797FA #FA97A8 #DAFA97 #97FAE8

split-complementary

#B797FA #FAE897 #A8FA97

monochromatic

#6622F4 #8F5DF7 #B797FA #DFD1FD #EBE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B797FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B797FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797FA

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797FA	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA8FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A7F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.142 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb6fc',
    500: '#b797fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797fa;
$custom-light: #ceb6fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.394,
    "s": 90.826,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74405,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797FA

secondary

#EBF6D5

accent

#E6009B

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797FA

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

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