#B498EF#B498EF

#B498EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.126 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B498EF
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 36.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 28.10, -39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 48.87, 305.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.0593 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.126 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6270, 38.3914, 86.6511)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B498EF #D3EF98

analogous

#98A8EF #B498EF #DF98EF

triadic

#B498EF #EFB498 #98EFB4

tetradic

#B498EF #EF98A8 #D3EF98 #98EFDF

square

#B498EF #EF98A8 #D3EF98 #98EFDF

split-complementary

#B498EF #EFDF98 #A8EF98

monochromatic

#672EDF #8D63E7 #B498EF #DBCDF7 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B498EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B498EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B498EF

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B498EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B498EF	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A7F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b498ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.126 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb6f4',
    500: '#b498ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b498ef;
$custom-light: #ccb6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b498ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.31,
    "s": 73.109,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73789,
    "c": 0.12596,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B498EF

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D51096

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B498EF

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

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