#B98BB3#B98BB3

#B98BB3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.078 H 330.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98BB3
RGB	rgb(185, 139, 179)
HSL	hsl(308, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(308, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 3.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, 24.19, -14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 28.03, 329.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% 0.068 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.078 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3762, 32.0354, 46.8537)
Luminance	0.3203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98BB3 #8BB991

analogous

#A88BB9 #B98BB3 #B98B9C

triadic

#B98BB3 #B3B98B #8BB3B9

tetradic

#B98BB3 #B9A88B #8BB991 #8B9CB9

square

#B98BB3 #B9A88B #8BB991 #8B9CB9

split-complementary

#B98BB3 #9CB98B #8BB9A8

monochromatic

#7E4C77 #A2659A #B98BB3 #D0B1CC #E7D7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B98BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#B98BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B98BB3

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98BB3	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A96B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 139, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.078 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceadc9',
    500: '#b98bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98bb3;
$custom-light: #ceadc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.826,
    "s": 24.731,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69368,
    "c": 0.07788,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98BB3

secondary

#C8D8CA

accent

#A34F42

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98BB3

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

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