#B498EA#B498EA

#B498EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.119 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B498EA
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 234)
HSL	hsl(260, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(260, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 35%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 26.93, -37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 46.23, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0581 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.119 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.8986, 38.1001, 82.8146)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B498EA #CEEA98

analogous

#98A5EA #B498EA #DD98EA

triadic

#B498EA #EAB498 #98EAB4

tetradic

#B498EA #EA98A5 #CEEA98 #98EADD

square

#B498EA #EA98A5 #CEEA98 #98EADD

split-complementary

#B498EA #EADD98 #A5EA98

monochromatic

#6A32D5 #8F65E0 #B498EA #D9CBF4 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B498EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B498EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B498EA

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B498EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B498EA	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b498ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.119 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb6f1',
    500: '#b498ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b498ea;
$custom-light: #ccb6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b498ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.488,
    "s": 66.129,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73556,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B498EA

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CE1890

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B498EA

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

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