#B498CD#B498CD

#B498CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.081 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B498CD
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 205)
HSL	hsl(272, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(272, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 25.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 20.45, -23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 31.02, 311.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0505 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.081 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0681, 36.5678, 62.6406)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B498CD #B1CD98

analogous

#9998CD #B498CD #CD98CC

triadic

#B498CD #CDB498 #98CDB4

tetradic

#B498CD #CD9998 #B1CD98 #98CCCD

square

#B498CD #CD9998 #B1CD98 #98CCCD

split-complementary

#B498CD #CCCD98 #98CD99

monochromatic

#784D9E #966FB9 #B498CD #D2C1E1 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B498CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B498CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B498CD

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B498CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B498CD	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b498cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.081 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb6dc',
    500: '#b498cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b498cd;
$custom-light: #cbb6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b498cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.698,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72304,
    "c": 0.08125,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B498CD

secondary

#E0E8D9

accent

#AD386F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B498CD

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

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