#B997FF#B997FF

#B997FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.149 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B997FF
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 255)
HSL	hsl(260, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(260, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 40.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, 33.87, -47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 58.12, 305.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% 0.0695 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.149 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.1199, 39.6671, 99.6570)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B997FF #DDFF97

analogous

#97A9FF #B997FF #ED97FF

triadic

#B997FF #FFB997 #97FFB9

tetradic

#B997FF #FF97A9 #DDFF97 #97FFED

square

#B997FF #FF97A9 #DDFF97 #97FFED

split-complementary

#B997FF #FFED97 #A9FF97

monochromatic

#671DFF #905AFF #B997FF #E2D4FF #EAE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B997FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B997FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B997FF

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B997FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B997FF	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A8FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b997ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.149 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6ff',
    500: '#b997ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b997ff;
$custom-light: #d0b6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b997ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.615,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7483,
    "c": 0.14919,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B997FF

secondary

#ECF7D4

accent

#E6009A

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B997FF

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

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