#B398E8#B398E8

#B398E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.117 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B398E8
RGB	rgb(179, 152, 232)
HSL	hsl(260, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(260, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 34.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, 26.17, -36.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 45.12, 305.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0565 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.117 299)
XYZ	xyz(44.3809, 37.8661, 81.2990)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B398E8 #CDE898

analogous

#98A5E8 #B398E8 #DB98E8

triadic

#B398E8 #E8B398 #98E8B3

tetradic

#B398E8 #E898A5 #CDE898 #98E8DB

square

#B398E8 #E898A5 #CDE898 #98E8DB

split-complementary

#B398E8 #E8DB98 #A5E898

monochromatic

#6934D2 #8E66DD #B398E8 #D8CAF3 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B398E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#B398E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B398E8

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B398E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B398E8	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b398e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 152, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.117 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb6ef',
    500: '#b398e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b398e8;
$custom-light: #cbb6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b398e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.25,
    "s": 63.492,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73376,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.37866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B398E8

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CB1A90

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B398E8

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

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