#B97ADE#B97ADE

#B97ADE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.155 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97ADE
RGB	rgb(185, 122, 222)
HSL	hsl(278, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(278, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 45%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, 42.28, -41.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 59.34, 315.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% 0.1039 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.156 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1496, 29.5081, 72.6737)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97ADE #9FDE7A

analogous

#877ADE #B97ADE #DE7AD1

triadic

#B97ADE #DEB97A #7ADEB9

tetradic

#B97ADE #DE877A #9FDE7A #7AD1DE

square

#B97ADE #DE877A #9FDE7A #7AD1DE

split-complementary

#B97ADE #D1DE7A #7ADE87

monochromatic

#802CB2 #9F49D2 #B97ADE #D3ABEA #EDDCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#B97ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#B97ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97ADE

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97ADE	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6591E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7595DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B589A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 122, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.155 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a2e8',
    500: '#b97ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97ade;
$custom-light: #d0a2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.8,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68307,
    "c": 0.1555,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97ADE

secondary

#D6EACA

accent

#C81E5D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#140F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97ADE

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

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