#B398E5#B398E5

#B398E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.113 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B398E5
RGB	rgb(179, 152, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 33.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 25.47, -35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 43.53, 305.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% 0.0558 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.113 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9584, 37.6971, 79.0740)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B398E5 #CAE598

analogous

#98A4E5 #B398E5 #DA98E5

triadic

#B398E5 #E5B398 #98E5B3

tetradic

#B398E5 #E598A4 #CAE598 #98E5DA

square

#B398E5 #E598A4 #CAE598 #98E5DA

split-complementary

#B398E5 #E5DA98 #A4E598

monochromatic

#6B36CC #8F67D9 #B398E5 #D7C9F1 #EDE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B398E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#B398E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B398E5

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B398E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B398E5	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b398e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 152, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.113 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb6ed',
    500: '#b398e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b398e5;
$custom-light: #cbb6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b398e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.039,
    "s": 59.69,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73239,
    "c": 0.11252,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B398E5

secondary

#E9F0DB

accent

#C71E8C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B398E5

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

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