#B98BEE#B98BEE
#B98BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.147 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B98BEE |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(185, 139, 238) |
| HSL | hsl(268, 74%, 74%) |
| HSV | hsv(268, 42%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(22.3%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.71, 36.54, -43.46) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.71, 56.78, 310.05°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.92% 0.0828 -0.1211) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.92% 0.147 304.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.6696, 34.9527, 85.2656) |
| Luminance | 0.3495 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | violet |
Closest named colors
Liliac
#C48EFD
ΔE00 2.62
Baby Purple
#CA9BF7
ΔE00 4.70
Light Purple
#BF77F6
ΔE00 5.35
Pastel Purple
#CAA0FF
ΔE00 5.66
Pale Purple
#B790D4
ΔE00 5.67
Lavender (survey)
#C79FEF
ΔE00 5.81
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B98BEE #C0EE8B
analogous
#8B8FEE #B98BEE #EB8BEE
triadic
#B98BEE #EEB98B #8BEEB9
tetradic
#B98BEE #EE8B8F #C0EE8B #8BEEEB
square
#B98BEE #EE8B8F #C0EE8B #8BEEEB
split-complementary
#B98BEE #EEEB8B #8FEE8B
monochromatic
#7921DE #9956E6 #B98BEE #D9C0F6 #EFE4FB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.63
#B98BEE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.99
#B98BEE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B98BEE
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B98BEE | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B98BEE | 1.00 | 2.63 | 7.99 | 7.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#739EF2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7DA0EB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B09BB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b98bee; /* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 139, 238); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.147 304.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d0adf4',
500: '#b98bee',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b98bee; $custom-light: #d0adf4; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b98bee",
"rgb": {
"r": 185,
"g": 139,
"b": 238
},
"hsl": {
"h": 267.879,
"s": 74.436,
"l": 73.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71916,
"c": 0.14669,
"h": 304.4
},
"luminance": 0.34953
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B98BEE
secondary
#E6F3D8
accent
#D70F7A
background
#FCFAFE
surface
#F9F4FD
border
#D2CED5
text
#141017
muted
#827F85