#B997FB#B997FB

#B997FB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.144 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997FB
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 251)
HSL	hsl(260, 93%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(260, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 39.8%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 32.91, -45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 56.03, 305.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% 0.0688 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.144 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.4827, 39.4122, 96.3011)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997FB #D9FB97

analogous

#97A7FB #B997FB #EB97FB

triadic

#B997FB #FBB997 #97FBB9

tetradic

#B997FB #FB97A7 #D9FB97 #97FBEB

square

#B997FB #FB97A7 #D9FB97 #97FBEB

split-complementary

#B997FB #FBEB97 #A7FB97

monochromatic

#6A21F6 #915CF9 #B997FB #E1D2FD #EBE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B997FB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B997FB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997FB

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997FB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997FB	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A8F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997fb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.144 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6fd',
    500: '#b997fb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997fb;
$custom-light: #d0b6fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997fb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.4,
    "s": 92.593,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74632,
    "c": 0.14401,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997FB

secondary

#EBF6D5

accent

#E60097

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997FB

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

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