#B98CDC#B98CDC

#B98CDC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.123 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98CDC
RGB	rgb(185, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(274, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 31.96, -34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 46.94, 312.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% 0.0778 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.123 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3016, 34.2383, 72.0764)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98CDC #AFDC8C

analogous

#918CDC #B98CDC #DC8CD7

triadic

#B98CDC #DCB98C #8CDCB9

tetradic

#B98CDC #DC918C #AFDC8C #8CD7DC

square

#B98CDC #DC918C #AFDC8C #8CD7DC

split-complementary

#B98CDC #D7DC8C #8CDC91

monochromatic

#7F37B6 #9C5DCE #B98CDC #D6BBEA #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B98CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B98CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B98CDC

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98CDC	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9CDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B597AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.123 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfaee7',
    500: '#b98cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98cdc;
$custom-light: #cfaee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71233,
    "c": 0.12276,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98CDC

secondary

#E1EDD7

accent

#C12569

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98CDC

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

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