#B997FA#B997FA

#B997FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.143 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997FA
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 250)
HSL	hsl(261, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(261, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 39.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 32.68, -44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 55.51, 306.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% 0.0686 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.143 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.3255, 39.3493, 95.4731)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997FA #D8FA97

analogous

#97A6FA #B997FA #EA97FA

triadic

#B997FA #FAB997 #97FAB9

tetradic

#B997FA #FA97A6 #D8FA97 #97FAEA

square

#B997FA #FA97A6 #D8FA97 #97FAEA

split-complementary

#B997FA #FAEA97 #A6FA97

monochromatic

#6A22F4 #925DF7 #B997FA #E0D1FD #EBE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B997FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B997FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997FA

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997FA	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA8FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A8F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.143 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6fc',
    500: '#b997fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997fa;
$custom-light: #d0b6fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.606,
    "s": 90.826,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74583,
    "c": 0.14272,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997FA

secondary

#EBF6D5

accent

#E60097

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997FA

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

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