#B98CEE#B98CEE

#B98CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.145 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98CEE
RGB	rgb(185, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(268, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 35.98, -43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 56.15, 309.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.0815 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.145 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.8150, 35.2436, 85.3141)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98CEE #C1EE8C

analogous

#8C90EE #B98CEE #EA8CEE

triadic

#B98CEE #EEB98C #8CEEB9

tetradic

#B98CEE #EE8C90 #C1EE8C #8CEEEA

square

#B98CEE #EE8C90 #C1EE8C #8CEEEA

split-complementary

#B98CEE #EEEA8C #90EE8C

monochromatic

#7821DE #9957E6 #B98CEE #D9C1F6 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B98CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#B98CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B98CEE

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98CEE	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09CB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.145 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aef4',
    500: '#b98cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98cee;
$custom-light: #d0aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.551,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72087,
    "c": 0.14507,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98CEE

secondary

#E7F3D8

accent

#D60F7B

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98CEE

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

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