#B997FD#B997FD

#B997FD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.147 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997FD
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 253)
HSL	hsl(260, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(260, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 40.3%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 33.39, -46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 57.07, 305.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% 0.0691 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.147 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.7997, 39.5390, 97.9703)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997FD #DBFD97

analogous

#97A8FD #B997FD #EC97FD

triadic

#B997FD #FDB997 #97FDB9

tetradic

#B997FD #FD97A8 #DBFD97 #97FDEC

square

#B997FD #FD97A8 #DBFD97 #97FDEC

split-complementary

#B997FD #FDEC97 #A8FD97

monochromatic

#681FFB #915BFC #B997FD #E1D3FE #EBE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B997FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B997FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997FD

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997FD	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A8FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.147 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6fe',
    500: '#b997fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997fd;
$custom-light: #d0b6fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 96.226,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7473,
    "c": 0.1466,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997FD

secondary

#EBF7D4

accent

#E60099

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997FD

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

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