#B498EB#B498EB

#B498EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.121 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B498EB
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 235)
HSL	hsl(260, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(260, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 35.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, 27.16, -38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 46.76, 305.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.0584 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.121 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0427, 38.1577, 83.5733)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B498EB #CFEB98

analogous

#98A5EB #B498EB #DD98EB

triadic

#B498EB #EBB498 #98EBB4

tetradic

#B498EB #EB98A5 #CFEB98 #98EBDD

square

#B498EB #EB98A5 #CFEB98 #98EBDD

split-complementary

#B498EB #EBDD98 #A5EB98

monochromatic

#6932D7 #8F65E1 #B498EB #D9CBF5 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B498EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#B498EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B498EB

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B498EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B498EB	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b498eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.121 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb6f1',
    500: '#b498eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b498eb;
$custom-light: #ccb6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b498eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.241,
    "s": 67.48,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73602,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B498EB

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#CF1691

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B498EB

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

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