#B98CD5#B98CD5

#B98CD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.114 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98CD5
RGB	rgb(185, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(277, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(277, 34%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, 30.45, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 43.41, 314.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0762 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.114 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3939, 33.8752, 67.2958)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98CD5 #A8D58C

analogous

#958CD5 #B98CD5 #D58CCD

triadic

#B98CD5 #D5B98C #8CD5B9

tetradic

#B98CD5 #D5958C #A8D58C #8CCDD5

square

#B98CD5 #D5958C #A8D58C #8CCDD5

split-complementary

#B98CD5 #CDD58C #8CD595

monochromatic

#803EA9 #9E5FC5 #B98CD5 #D4B9E5 #F0E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B98CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B98CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B98CD5

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98CD5	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9BD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B696A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.114 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfaee2',
    500: '#b98cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98cd5;
$custom-light: #cfaee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.986,
    "s": 46.497,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7092,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98CD5

secondary

#DCE9D4

accent

#BA2C62

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98CD5

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

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