#B998F5#B998F5

#B998F5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.135 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B998F5
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 245)
HSL	hsl(261, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 38%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, 30.94, -42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 52.27, 306.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0662 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.135 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7135, 39.3631, 91.4526)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B998F5 #D4F598

analogous

#98A5F5 #B998F5 #E798F5

triadic

#B998F5 #F5B998 #98F5B9

tetradic

#B998F5 #F598A5 #D4F598 #98F5E7

square

#B998F5 #F598A5 #D4F598 #98F5E7

split-complementary

#B998F5 #F5E798 #A5F598

monochromatic

#6D28EA #9360F0 #B998F5 #DFD0FA #ECE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B998F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B998F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B998F5

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B998F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B998F5	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A8F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A8F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b998f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.135 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb6f9',
    500: '#b998f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b998f5;
$custom-light: #cfb6f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b998f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.29,
    "s": 82.301,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74517,
    "c": 0.13466,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B998F5

secondary

#EAF4D7

accent

#DF0792

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B998F5

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

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