#B98ECD#B98ECD

#B98ECD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.101 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98ECD
RGB	rgb(185, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(281, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, 27.65, -26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 38.12, 316.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.0712 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.101 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6983, 34.0688, 62.1777)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98ECD #A2CD8E

analogous

#998ECD #B98ECD #CD8EC1

triadic

#B98ECD #CDB98E #8ECDB9

tetradic

#B98ECD #CD998E #A2CD8E #8EC1CD

square

#B98ECD #CD998E #A2CD8E #8EC1CD

split-complementary

#B98ECD #C1CD8E #8ECD99

monochromatic

#80459C #9F64BA #B98ECD #D3B8E0 #EEE3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B98ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B98ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B98ECD

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98ECD	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B896A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.101 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceafdc',
    500: '#b98ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98ecd;
$custom-light: #ceafdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.952,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70934,
    "c": 0.10107,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98ECD

secondary

#D8E5D2

accent

#B2345C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98ECD

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

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