#B398BD#B398BD

#B398BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.061 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B398BD
RGB	rgb(179, 152, 189)
HSL	hsl(284, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(284, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 19.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 16.81, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 22.80, 317.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.0443 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.061 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0026, 35.7148, 52.9732)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B398BD #A2BD98

analogous

#A198BD #B398BD #BD98B5

triadic

#B398BD #BDB398 #98BDB3

tetradic

#B398BD #BDA198 #A2BD98 #98B5BD

square

#B398BD #BDA198 #A2BD98 #98B5BD

split-complementary

#B398BD #B5BD98 #98BDA1

monochromatic

#785585 #9773A5 #B398BD #CFBDD5 #EAE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B398BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B398BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B398BD

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B398BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B398BD	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b398bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 152, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.061 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab6d1',
    500: '#b398bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b398bd;
$custom-light: #cab6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b398bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.784,
    "s": 21.893,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71597,
    "c": 0.06075,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B398BD

secondary

#D6DED2

accent

#A0455E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B398BD

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

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