#B498BC#B498BC

#B498BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.060 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B498BC
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 188)
HSL	hsl(287, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(287, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 19.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, 16.95, -14.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 22.46, 318.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.0451 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.06 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1264, 35.7912, 52.4144)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B498BC #A0BC98

analogous

#A298BC #B498BC #BC98B2

triadic

#B498BC #BCB498 #98BCB4

tetradic

#B498BC #BCA298 #A0BC98 #98B2BC

square

#B498BC #BCA298 #A0BC98 #98B2BC

split-complementary

#B498BC #B2BC98 #98BCA2

monochromatic

#7A5684 #9973A4 #B498BC #CFBDD4 #EAE2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B498BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B498BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B498BC

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B498BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B498BC	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b498bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.060 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab6d0',
    500: '#b498bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b498bc;
$custom-light: #cab6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b498bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 21.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71653,
    "c": 0.06013,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B498BC

secondary

#D5DED2

accent

#A0465A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B498BC

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

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