#B498DB#B498DB

#B498DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.100 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B498DB
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 219)
HSL	hsl(265, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(265, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 30.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 23.51, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 38.32, 307.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0545 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.1 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8342, 37.2743, 71.9422)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B498DB #BFDB98

analogous

#989DDB #B498DB #D698DB

triadic

#B498DB #DBB498 #98DBB4

tetradic

#B498DB #DB989D #BFDB98 #98DBD6

square

#B498DB #DB989D #BFDB98 #98DBD6

split-complementary

#B498DB #DBD698 #9DDB98

monochromatic

#7240B8 #936BCB #B498DB #D5C5EB #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B498DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B498DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B498DB

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B498DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B498DB	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b498db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.100 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb6e6',
    500: '#b498db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b498db;
$custom-light: #cbb6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b498db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.075,
    "s": 48.201,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72887,
    "c": 0.09951,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B498DB

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BB2A7F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B498DB

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

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