#B997EA#B997EA

#B997EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.122 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997EA
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 234)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(265, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 35.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 28.96, -37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 47.15, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.0653 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.122 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9223, 38.3880, 82.8163)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997EA #C8EA97

analogous

#979EEA #B997EA #E297EA

triadic

#B997EA #EAB997 #97EAB9

tetradic

#B997EA #EA979E #C8EA97 #97EAE2

square

#B997EA #EA979E #C8EA97 #97EAE2

split-complementary

#B997EA #EAE297 #9EEA97

monochromatic

#7431D5 #9764E0 #B997EA #DBCAF4 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B997EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B997EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997EA

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997EA	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.122 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb6f1',
    500: '#b997ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997ea;
$custom-light: #cfb6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.578,
    "s": 66.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73823,
    "c": 0.122,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997EA

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CE1783

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997EA

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

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