#B998BC#B998BC

#B998BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.063 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B998BC
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 188)
HSL	hsl(295, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(295, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 18.66, -14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 23.32, 323.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% 0.0509 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.063 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3118, 36.4024, 52.4700)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B998BC #9BBC98

analogous

#A798BC #B998BC #BC98AD

triadic

#B998BC #BCB998 #98BCB9

tetradic

#B998BC #BCA798 #9BBC98 #98ADBC

square

#B998BC #BCA798 #9BBC98 #98ADBC

split-complementary

#B998BC #ADBC98 #98BCA7

monochromatic

#805684 #A073A4 #B998BC #D2BDD4 #EBE2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B998BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B998BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B998BC

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B998BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B998BC	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b998bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.063 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb6d0',
    500: '#b998bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b998bc;
$custom-light: #ceb6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b998bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 21.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72123,
    "c": 0.06324,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B998BC

secondary

#D3DED2

accent

#A0464D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B998BC

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

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