#B98ECB#B98ECB

#B98ECB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.099 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98ECB
RGB	rgb(185, 142, 203)
HSL	hsl(282, 37%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(282, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 30%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 27.24, -25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 37.14, 317.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.0706 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.099 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4584, 33.9728, 60.9144)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98ECB #A0CB8E

analogous

#9A8ECB #B98ECB #CB8EBF

triadic

#B98ECB #CBB98E #8ECBB9

tetradic

#B98ECB #CB9A8E #A0CB8E #8EBFCB

square

#B98ECB #CB9A8E #A0CB8E #8EBFCB

split-complementary

#B98ECB #BFCB8E #8ECB9A

monochromatic

#804698 #9F64B8 #B98ECB #D3B8DE #EDE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B98ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B98ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B98ECB

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98ECB	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B895A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 142, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.099 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceafdb',
    500: '#b98ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98ecb;
$custom-light: #ceafdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.295,
    "s": 36.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7085,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98ECB

secondary

#D7E4D1

accent

#B0365A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98ECB

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

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