#B98ADE#B98ADE

#B98ADE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.129 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98ADE
RGB	rgb(185, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 33.50, -36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 49.24, 312.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% 0.0812 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.129 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2784, 33.7657, 73.3833)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98ADE #AFDE8A

analogous

#8F8ADE #B98ADE #DE8AD9

triadic

#B98ADE #DEB98A #8ADEB9

tetradic

#B98ADE #DE8F8A #AFDE8A #8AD9DE

square

#B98ADE #DE8F8A #AFDE8A #8AD9DE

split-complementary

#B98ADE #D9DE8A #8ADE8F

monochromatic

#7F34B9 #9C5AD1 #B98ADE #D6BAEB #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B98ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B98ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B98ADE

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98ADE	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B496AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.129 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfade8',
    500: '#b98ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98ade;
$custom-light: #cfade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70977,
    "c": 0.12861,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98ADE

secondary

#E1EDD6

accent

#C42269

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98ADE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →