#B98BDA#B98BDA

#B98BDA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.122 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98BDA
RGB	rgb(185, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(275, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(275, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 32.08, -33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 46.57, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.0788 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.122 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8928, 33.8420, 70.6413)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98BDA #ACDA8B

analogous

#928BDA #B98BDA #DA8BD3

triadic

#B98BDA #DAB98B #8BDAB9

tetradic

#B98BDA #DA928B #ACDA8B #8BD3DA

square

#B98BDA #DA928B #ACDA8B #8BD3DA

split-complementary

#B98BDA #D3DA8B #8BDA92

monochromatic

#7F39B2 #9D5DCB #B98BDA #D5B9E9 #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B98BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B98BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B98BDA

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98BDA	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B596A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.122 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfade5',
    500: '#b98bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98bda;
$custom-light: #cfade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.937,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70968,
    "c": 0.12203,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98BDA

secondary

#DFEBD5

accent

#BF2666

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98BDA

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

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