#B98BD2#B98BD2

#B98BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.112 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98BD2
RGB	rgb(185, 139, 210)
HSL	hsl(279, 44%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(279, 34%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 33.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 30.37, -29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 42.56, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% 0.0769 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.112 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8712, 33.4334, 65.2605)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98BD2 #A4D28B

analogous

#958BD2 #B98BD2 #D28BC7

triadic

#B98BD2 #D2B98B #8BD2B9

tetradic

#B98BD2 #D2958B #A4D28B #8BC7D2

square

#B98BD2 #D2958B #A4D28B #8BC7D2

split-complementary

#B98BD2 #C7D28B #8BD295

monochromatic

#803FA3 #9E5FC1 #B98BD2 #D4B7E3 #EEE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B98BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#B98BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B98BD2

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98BD2	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9AD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B794A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 139, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.112 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfade0',
    500: '#b98bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98bd2;
$custom-light: #cfade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.873,
    "s": 44.099,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70612,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98BD2

secondary

#D9E7D2

accent

#B72E5E

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98BD2

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

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