#B797FD#B797FD

#B797FD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.146 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797FD
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 253)
HSL	hsl(259, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(259, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 40.3%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 32.84, -46.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 56.99, 305.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0668 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.146 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3205, 39.2919, 97.9478)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797FD #DDFD97

analogous

#97AAFD #B797FD #EA97FD

triadic

#B797FD #FDB797 #97FDB7

tetradic

#B797FD #FD97AA #DDFD97 #97FDEA

square

#B797FD #FD97AA #DDFD97 #97FDEA

split-complementary

#B797FD #FDEA97 #AAFD97

monochromatic

#641FFB #8D5BFC #B797FD #E1D3FE #EAE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B797FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B797FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797FD

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797FD	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A7FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.146 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb6fe',
    500: '#b797fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797fd;
$custom-light: #cfb6fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.824,
    "s": 96.226,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74554,
    "c": 0.14632,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797FD

secondary

#ECF7D4

accent

#E6009D

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797FD

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

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