#B498B4#B498B4

#B498B4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.051 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B498B4
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 180)
HSL	hsl(300, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(300, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 15.38, -10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 18.71, 325.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.0424 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.051 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2878, 35.4557, 47.9978)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B498B4 #98B498

analogous

#A698B4 #B498B4 #B498A6

triadic

#B498B4 #B4B498 #98B4B4

tetradic

#B498B4 #B4A698 #98B498 #98A6B4

square

#B498B4 #B4A698 #98B498 #98A6B4

split-complementary

#B498B4 #A6B498 #98B4A6

monochromatic

#795879 #9A759A #B498B4 #CEBBCE #E8DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B498B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B498B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B498B4

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B498B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B498B4	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b498b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.051 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab6ca',
    500: '#b498b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b498b4;
$custom-light: #cab6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b498b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 15.73,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71368,
    "c": 0.05106,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B498B4

secondary

#CFD9CF

accent

#9A4C4C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B498B4

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

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