#B398EB#B398EB

#B398EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.120 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B398EB
RGB	rgb(179, 152, 235)
HSL	hsl(260, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(260, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 35.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 26.87, -38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 46.70, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% 0.0572 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.121 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8106, 38.0380, 83.5624)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B398EB #D0EB98

analogous

#98A6EB #B398EB #DC98EB

triadic

#B398EB #EBB398 #98EBB3

tetradic

#B398EB #EB98A6 #D0EB98 #98EBDC

square

#B398EB #EB98A6 #D0EB98 #98EBDC

split-complementary

#B398EB #EBDC98 #A6EB98

monochromatic

#6732D7 #8D65E1 #B398EB #D9CBF5 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B398EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#B398EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B398EB

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B398EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B398EB	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b398eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 152, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.120 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb6f1',
    500: '#b398eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b398eb;
$custom-light: #cbb6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b398eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.518,
    "s": 67.48,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73514,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B398EB

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#CF1693

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B398EB

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

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