#B97BDF#B97BDF

#B97BDF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.155 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97BDF
RGB	rgb(185, 123, 223)
HSL	hsl(277, 61%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(277, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 44.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, 41.96, -41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 59.21, 315.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% 0.1027 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.155 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4075, 29.8087, 73.4227)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97BDF #A1DF7B

analogous

#877BDF #B97BDF #DF7BD3

triadic

#B97BDF #DFB97B #7BDFB9

tetradic

#B97BDF #DF877B #A1DF7B #7BD3DF

square

#B97BDF #DF877B #A1DF7B #7BD3DF

split-complementary

#B97BDF #D3DF7B #7BDF87

monochromatic

#802CB4 #9F4AD3 #B97BDF #D3ACEB #EDDEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B97BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#B97BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97BDF

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97BDF	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6591E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7696DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 123, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.155 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a2e9',
    500: '#b97bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97bdf;
$custom-light: #d0a2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.2,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68518,
    "c": 0.15499,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97BDF

secondary

#D7EACB

accent

#C91D5E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#140F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97BDF

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

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