#B498EE#B498EE

#B498EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.125 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B498EE
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(260, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 36.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, 27.87, -39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 48.34, 305.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.059 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.125 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4797, 38.3325, 85.8752)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B498EE #D2EE98

analogous

#98A7EE #B498EE #DF98EE

triadic

#B498EE #EEB498 #98EEB4

tetradic

#B498EE #EE98A7 #D2EE98 #98EEDF

square

#B498EE #EE98A7 #D2EE98 #98EEDF

split-complementary

#B498EE #EEDF98 #A7EE98

monochromatic

#682FDD #8E63E5 #B498EE #DACDF7 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B498EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B498EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B498EE

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B498EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B498EE	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b498ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.125 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb6f4',
    500: '#b498ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b498ee;
$custom-light: #ccb6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b498ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.535,
    "s": 71.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73742,
    "c": 0.12463,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B498EE

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D41295

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B498EE

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

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