#B997EB#B997EB

#B997EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.123 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997EB
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 235)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 35.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 29.18, -37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 47.67, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0655 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.123 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0664, 38.4456, 83.5750)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997EB #C9EB97

analogous

#979FEB #B997EB #E397EB

triadic

#B997EB #EBB997 #97EBB9

tetradic

#B997EB #EB979F #C9EB97 #97EBE3

square

#B997EB #EB979F #C9EB97 #97EBE3

split-complementary

#B997EB #EBE397 #9FEB97

monochromatic

#7430D7 #9664E1 #B997EB #DCCAF5 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B997EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B997EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997EB

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997EB	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.123 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb6f1',
    500: '#b997eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997eb;
$custom-light: #cfb6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.286,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73869,
    "c": 0.1233,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997EB

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D01684

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997EB

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

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