#B498BB#B498BB

#B498BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.059 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B498BB
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 187)
HSL	hsl(288, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(288, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 16.75, -14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 21.98, 319.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% 0.0448 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.059 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0190, 35.7482, 51.8487)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B498BB #9FBB98

analogous

#A398BB #B498BB #BB98B1

triadic

#B498BB #BBB498 #98BBB4

tetradic

#B498BB #BBA398 #9FBB98 #98B1BB

square

#B498BB #BBA398 #9FBB98 #98B1BB

split-complementary

#B498BB #B1BB98 #98BBA3

monochromatic

#7A5682 #9973A3 #B498BB #CFBDD3 #EAE2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B498BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B498BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B498BB

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B498BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B498BB	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b498bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.059 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab6cf',
    500: '#b498bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b498bb;
$custom-light: #cab6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b498bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71617,
    "c": 0.05895,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B498BB

secondary

#D4DDD2

accent

#9F4758

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B498BB

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

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