#B797FF#B797FF

#B797FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.149 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B797FF
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 255)
HSL	hsl(258, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(258, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 40.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 33.32, -47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 58.04, 305.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0672 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.149 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6407, 39.4200, 99.6346)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B797FF #DFFF97

analogous

#97ABFF #B797FF #EB97FF

triadic

#B797FF #FFB797 #97FFB7

tetradic

#B797FF #FF97AB #DFFF97 #97FFEB

square

#B797FF #FF97AB #DFFF97 #97FFEB

split-complementary

#B797FF #FFEB97 #ABFF97

monochromatic

#621DFF #8D5AFF #B797FF #E1D4FF #EAE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B797FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B797FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B797FF

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B797FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B797FF	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA7FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b797ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.149 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb6ff',
    500: '#b797ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b797ff;
$custom-light: #cfb6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b797ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74654,
    "c": 0.14891,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B797FF

secondary

#ECF7D4

accent

#E6009F

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B797FF

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

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