#B98BB2#B98BB2

#B98BB2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.077 H 331.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98BB2
RGB	rgb(185, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(309, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(309, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, 24.01, -13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 27.61, 330.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% 0.0677 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.077 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2754, 31.9951, 46.3230)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98BB2 #8BB992

analogous

#A98BB9 #B98BB2 #B98B9B

triadic

#B98BB2 #B2B98B #8BB2B9

tetradic

#B98BB2 #B9A98B #8BB992 #8B9BB9

square

#B98BB2 #B9A98B #8BB992 #8B9BB9

split-complementary

#B98BB2 #9BB98B #8BB9A9

monochromatic

#7E4C76 #A26599 #B98BB2 #D0B1CB #E7D7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B98BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#B98BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B98BB2

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98BB2	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A95B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.077 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceadc9',
    500: '#b98bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98bb2;
$custom-light: #ceadc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.13,
    "s": 24.731,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69331,
    "c": 0.07691,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98BB2

secondary

#C8D8CA

accent

#A35142

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98BB2

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

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