#B98DCD#B98DCD

#B98DCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.103 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98DCD
RGB	rgb(185, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(281, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 28.21, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 38.78, 316.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% 0.0727 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.103 315)
XYZ	xyz(40.5502, 33.7726, 62.1284)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98DCD #A1CD8D

analogous

#998DCD #B98DCD #CD8DC1

triadic

#B98DCD #CDB98D #8DCDB9

tetradic

#B98DCD #CD998D #A1CD8D #8DC1CD

square

#B98DCD #CD998D #A1CD8D #8DC1CD

split-complementary

#B98DCD #C1CD8D #8DCD99

monochromatic

#80449B #9F62BA #B98DCD #D3B8E0 #EDE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B98DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B98DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B98DCD

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98DCD	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B895A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.103 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceafdc',
    500: '#b98dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98dcd;
$custom-light: #ceafdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70754,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.33772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98DCD

secondary

#D7E5D1

accent

#B2335B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98DCD

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

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