#B498CF#B498CF

#B498CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.084 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B498CF
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 207)
HSL	hsl(271, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(271, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 26.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, 20.88, -24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 32.05, 310.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0511 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.084 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3110, 36.6650, 63.9201)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B498CF #B3CF98

analogous

#9898CF #B498CF #CF98CF

triadic

#B498CF #CFB498 #98CFB4

tetradic

#B498CF #CF9898 #B3CF98 #98CFCF

square

#B498CF #CF9898 #B3CF98 #98CFCF

split-complementary

#B498CF #CFCF98 #98CF98

monochromatic

#774BA1 #966EBC #B498CF #D2C2E2 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B498CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B498CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B498CF

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B498CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B498CF	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b498cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.084 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb6dd',
    500: '#b498cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b498cf;
$custom-light: #cbb6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b498cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.545,
    "s": 36.424,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72385,
    "c": 0.08383,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B498CF

secondary

#E1E9DA

accent

#AF3672

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B498CF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →