#B97CEB#B97CEB

#B97CEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.167 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97CEB
RGB	rgb(185, 124, 235)
HSL	hsl(273, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(273, 47%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 47.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, 44.06, -47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 64.58, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% 0.103 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.167 308)
XYZ	xyz(42.2077, 30.7282, 82.2888)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97CEB #AEEB7C

analogous

#817CEB #B97CEB #EB7CE5

triadic

#B97CEB #EBB97C #7CEBB9

tetradic

#B97CEB #EB817C #AEEB7C #7CE5EB

square

#B97CEB #EB817C #AEEB7C #7CE5EB

split-complementary

#B97CEB #E5EB7C #7CEB81

monochromatic

#7F1FCD #9D47E3 #B97CEB #D5B1F3 #F1E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#B97CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#B97CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B97CEB

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97CEB	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6094EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7097E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 124, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.167 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a3f2',
    500: '#b97ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97ceb;
$custom-light: #d0a3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.973,
    "s": 73.51,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69295,
    "c": 0.16731,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.30728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97CEB

secondary

#E0F1D2

accent

#D61069

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#140F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97CEB

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

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