#B498FF#B498FF

#B498FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.147 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B498FF
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 255)
HSL	hsl(256, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(256, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 40.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 31.95, -47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 57.32, 303.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% 0.0624 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.147 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.0962, 39.3791, 99.6553)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B498FF #E3FF98

analogous

#98AFFF #B498FF #E898FF

triadic

#B498FF #FFB498 #98FFB4

tetradic

#B498FF #FF98AF #E3FF98 #98FFE8

square

#B498FF #FF98AF #E3FF98 #98FFE8

split-complementary

#B498FF #FFE898 #AFFF98

monochromatic

#5B1EFF #875BFF #B498FF #E1D5FF #E9E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B498FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B498FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B498FF

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B498FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B498FF	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA7FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b498ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.147 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb6ff',
    500: '#b498ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b498ff;
$custom-light: #cdb6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b498ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.311,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74569,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B498FF

secondary

#EEF7D4

accent

#E600A7

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B498FF

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

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