#B398CD#B398CD

#B398CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.081 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B398CD
RGB	rgb(179, 152, 205)
HSL	hsl(271, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(271, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 25.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, 20.13, -23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 30.92, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0494 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.081 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8361, 36.4482, 62.6297)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B398CD #B2CD98

analogous

#9898CD #B398CD #CD98CD

triadic

#B398CD #CDB398 #98CDB3

tetradic

#B398CD #CD9898 #B2CD98 #98CDCD

square

#B398CD #CD9898 #B2CD98 #98CDCD

split-complementary

#B398CD #CDCD98 #98CD98

monochromatic

#764D9E #956FB9 #B398CD #D1C1E1 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B398CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B398CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B398CD

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B398CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B398CD	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b398cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 152, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.081 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab6dc',
    500: '#b398cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b398cd;
$custom-light: #cab6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b398cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.566,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72213,
    "c": 0.08088,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B398CD

secondary

#E0E8D9

accent

#AD3872

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B398CD

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

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