#B498CA#B498CA

#B498CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.077 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B498CA
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 202)
HSL	hsl(274, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(274, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 24.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, 19.81, -21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 29.47, 312.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0496 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.077 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7094, 36.4244, 60.7517)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B498CA #AECA98

analogous

#9B98CA #B498CA #CA98C7

triadic

#B498CA #CAB498 #98CAB4

tetradic

#B498CA #CA9B98 #AECA98 #98C7CA

square

#B498CA #CA9B98 #AECA98 #98C7CA

split-complementary

#B498CA #C7CA98 #98CA9B

monochromatic

#784F99 #9770B5 #B498CA #D1C0DF #EFE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B498CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B498CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B498CA

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B498CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B498CA	1.00	2.53	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b498ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.077 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb6da',
    500: '#b498ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b498ca;
$custom-light: #cbb6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b498ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 32.051,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72185,
    "c": 0.07741,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B498CA

secondary

#DEE6D8

accent

#AB3B6C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B498CA

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

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