#B98BBC#B98BBC

#B98BBC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.087 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98BBC
RGB	rgb(185, 139, 188)
HSL	hsl(296, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(296, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 26.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, 25.91, -18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 31.98, 324.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% 0.0709 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.087 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3163, 32.4114, 51.8048)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98BBC #8EBC8B

analogous

#A18BBC #B98BBC #BC8BA7

triadic

#B98BBC #BCB98B #8BBCB9

tetradic

#B98BBC #BCA18B #8EBC8B #8BA7BC

square

#B98BBC #BCA18B #8EBC8B #8BA7BC

split-complementary

#B98BBC #A7BC8B #8BBCA1

monochromatic

#7E4B82 #A264A6 #B98BBC #D0B2D2 #E8D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B98BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#B98BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B98BBC

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98BBC	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 139, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.087 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceadd0',
    500: '#b98bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98bbc;
$custom-light: #ceadd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.327,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69707,
    "c": 0.08713,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98BBC

secondary

#CADAC9

accent

#A54046

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98BBC

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

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