#B97AE8#B97AE8

#B97AE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.167 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97AE8
RGB	rgb(185, 122, 232)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(274, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 47.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.71, 44.47, -46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.71, 64.31, 313.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% 0.1053 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.167 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5298, 30.0601, 79.9427)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97AE8 #A9E87A

analogous

#827AE8 #B97AE8 #E87AE0

triadic

#B97AE8 #E8B97A #7AE8B9

tetradic

#B97AE8 #E8827A #A9E87A #7AE0E8

square

#B97AE8 #E8827A #A9E87A #7AE0E8

split-complementary

#B97AE8 #E0E87A #7AE882

monochromatic

#8022C5 #9E46DF #B97AE8 #D4AEF1 #F0E2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#B97AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#B97AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B97AE8

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97AE8	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F92EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7096E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 122, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.167 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a2f0',
    500: '#b97ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97ae8;
$custom-light: #d0a2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.364,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68821,
    "c": 0.16703,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97AE8

secondary

#DDEFCF

accent

#D31365

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97AE8

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

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