#B398EA#B398EA

#B398EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.119 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B398EA
RGB	rgb(179, 152, 234)
HSL	hsl(260, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(260, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 35%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 26.64, -37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 46.17, 305.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% 0.057 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.119 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6666, 37.9804, 82.8037)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B398EA #CFEA98

analogous

#98A6EA #B398EA #DC98EA

triadic

#B398EA #EAB398 #98EAB3

tetradic

#B398EA #EA98A6 #CFEA98 #98EADC

square

#B398EA #EA98A6 #CFEA98 #98EADC

split-complementary

#B398EA #EADC98 #A6EA98

monochromatic

#6832D5 #8D65E0 #B398EA #D9CBF4 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B398EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B398EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B398EA

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B398EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B398EA	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b398ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 152, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.119 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb6f1',
    500: '#b398ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b398ea;
$custom-light: #cbb6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b398ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.756,
    "s": 66.129,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73468,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B398EA

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CE1892

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B398EA

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

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