#B498B2#B498B2

#B498B2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.049 H 328.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B498B2
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 178)
HSL	hsl(304, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(304, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 15.00, -9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 17.83, 327.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0417 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.049 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0855, 35.3748, 46.9326)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B498B2 #98B49A

analogous

#A898B4 #B498B2 #B498A4

triadic

#B498B2 #B2B498 #98B2B4

tetradic

#B498B2 #B4A898 #98B49A #98A4B4

square

#B498B2 #B4A898 #98B49A #98A4B4

split-complementary

#B498B2 #A4B498 #98B4A8

monochromatic

#795877 #9A7598 #B498B2 #CEBBCC #E8DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B498B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B498B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B498B2

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B498B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B498B2	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b498b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.049 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab6c9',
    500: '#b498b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b498b2;
$custom-light: #cab6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b498b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 15.73,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71299,
    "c": 0.04895,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B498B2

secondary

#CFD9D0

accent

#9A514C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B498B2

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

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