#B997EC#B997EC

#B997EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.125 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997EC
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 236)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 36%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 29.41, -38.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 48.19, 307.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.0657 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.125 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.2113, 38.5036, 84.3380)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997EC #CAEC97

analogous

#979FEC #B997EC #E397EC

triadic

#B997EC #ECB997 #97ECB9

tetradic

#B997EC #EC979F #CAEC97 #97ECE3

square

#B997EC #EC979F #CAEC97 #97ECE3

split-complementary

#B997EC #ECE397 #9FEC97

monochromatic

#7330D9 #9663E3 #B997EC #DCCBF5 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B997EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B997EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997EC

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997EC	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.125 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb6f2',
    500: '#b997ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997ec;
$custom-light: #cfb6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73916,
    "c": 0.1246,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997EC

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D11486

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997EC

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

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