#B98BBD#B98BBD

#B98BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.088 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98BBD
RGB	rgb(185, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(295, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(295, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, 26.10, -19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 32.44, 323.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% 0.0712 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.088 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4244, 32.4547, 52.3745)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98BBD #8FBD8B

analogous

#A08BBD #B98BBD #BD8BA8

triadic

#B98BBD #BDB98B #8BBDB9

tetradic

#B98BBD #BDA08B #8FBD8B #8BA8BD

square

#B98BBD #BDA08B #8FBD8B #8BA8BD

split-complementary

#B98BBD #A8BD8B #8BBDA0

monochromatic

#7F4B83 #A164A7 #B98BBD #D1B2D3 #E8D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B98BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#B98BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B98BBD

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98BBD	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB909D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.088 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceadd1',
    500: '#b98bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98bbd;
$custom-light: #ceadd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.2,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69746,
    "c": 0.0882,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98BBD

secondary

#CBDBC9

accent

#A63F48

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98BBD

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

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