#B997EE#B997EE

#B997EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.127 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997EE
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 238)
HSL	hsl(263, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(263, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 36.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 29.87, -39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 49.24, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.0662 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.127 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5035, 38.6205, 85.8769)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997EE #CCEE97

analogous

#97A1EE #B997EE #E597EE

triadic

#B997EE #EEB997 #97EEB9

tetradic

#B997EE #EE97A1 #CCEE97 #97EEE5

square

#B997EE #EE97A1 #CCEE97 #97EEE5

split-complementary

#B997EE #EEE597 #A1EE97

monochromatic

#722EDD #9662E5 #B997EE #DCCCF7 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B997EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B997EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997EE

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997EE	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.127 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb6f4',
    500: '#b997ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997ee;
$custom-light: #cfb6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.448,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74009,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997EE

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D41288

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997EE

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

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