#B97BEE#B97BEE

#B97BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.172 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97BEE
RGB	rgb(185, 123, 238)
HSL	hsl(272, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(272, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 48.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, 45.27, -48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 66.70, 312.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% 0.1047 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.172 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5201, 30.6537, 84.5491)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97BEE #B0EE7B

analogous

#7F7BEE #B97BEE #EE7BE9

triadic

#B97BEE #EEB97B #7BEEB9

tetradic

#B97BEE #EE7F7B #B0EE7B #7BE9EE

square

#B97BEE #EE7F7B #B0EE7B #7BE9EE

split-complementary

#B97BEE #E9EE7B #7BEE7F

monochromatic

#7F1BD3 #9C45E7 #B97BEE #D6B1F5 #F1E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#B97BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#B97BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B97BEE

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97BEE	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C94F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D97EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 123, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.172 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a3f4',
    500: '#b97bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97bee;
$custom-light: #d0a3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.348,
    "s": 77.181,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69296,
    "c": 0.1724,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97BEE

secondary

#E1F2D3

accent

#D90C6B

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#140F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97BEE

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

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