#B198DD#B198DD

#B198DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.101 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B198DD
RGB	rgb(177, 152, 221)
HSL	hsl(262, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(262, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 31.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, 23.04, -31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 39.17, 306.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0516 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.101 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4081, 37.0239, 73.3047)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B198DD #C4DD98

analogous

#98A1DD #B198DD #D398DD

triadic

#B198DD #DDB198 #98DDB1

tetradic

#B198DD #DD98A1 #C4DD98 #98DDD3

square

#B198DD #DD98A1 #C4DD98 #98DDD3

split-complementary

#B198DD #DDD398 #A1DD98

monochromatic

#6C3EBC #8E6ACE #B198DD #D4C6EC #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B198DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B198DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B198DD

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B198DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B198DD	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b198dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 152, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.101 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b6e7',
    500: '#b198dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b198dd;
$custom-light: #c9b6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b198dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.739,
    "s": 50.365,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72706,
    "c": 0.10145,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B198DD

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BE2887

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B198DD

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

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