#B997EF#B997EF

#B997EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.128 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997EF
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 239)
HSL	hsl(263, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(263, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 36.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, 30.10, -39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 49.76, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0664 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.128 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6508, 38.6794, 86.6528)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997EF #CDEF97

analogous

#97A1EF #B997EF #E597EF

triadic

#B997EF #EFB997 #97EFB9

tetradic

#B997EF #EF97A1 #CDEF97 #97EFE5

square

#B997EF #EF97A1 #CDEF97 #97EFE5

split-complementary

#B997EF #EFE597 #A1EF97

monochromatic

#722DDF #9562E7 #B997EF #DDCCF7 #EDE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B997EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B997EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997EF

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997EF	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A7F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.128 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb6f4',
    500: '#b997ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997ef;
$custom-light: #cfb6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.182,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74055,
    "c": 0.12848,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997EF

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#D51089

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997EF

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

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