#B98CD2#B98CD2

#B98CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.111 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98CD2
RGB	rgb(185, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(279, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 29.81, -29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 41.91, 315.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% 0.0755 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.111 313)
XYZ	xyz(41.0166, 33.7243, 65.3090)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98CD2 #A5D28C

analogous

#968CD2 #B98CD2 #D28CC8

triadic

#B98CD2 #D2B98C #8CD2B9

tetradic

#B98CD2 #D2968C #A5D28C #8CC8D2

square

#B98CD2 #D2968C #A5D28C #8CC8D2

split-complementary

#B98CD2 #C8D28C #8CD296

monochromatic

#8040A4 #9E60C1 #B98CD2 #D4B8E3 #EFE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B98CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B98CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B98CD2

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98CD2	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819BD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B795A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.111 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfaee0',
    500: '#b98cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98cd2;
$custom-light: #cfaee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70789,
    "c": 0.11059,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.33724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98CD2

secondary

#DAE7D2

accent

#B72F5F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98CD2

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

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