#B998F8#B998F8

#B998F8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.139 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B998F8
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 248)
HSL	hsl(261, 87%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 39%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 38.7%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 31.65, -43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 53.84, 306.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.0668 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.139 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1752, 39.5478, 93.8842)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B998F8 #D7F898

analogous

#98A7F8 #B998F8 #E998F8

triadic

#B998F8 #F8B998 #98F8B9

tetradic

#B998F8 #F898A7 #D7F898 #98F8E9

square

#B998F8 #F898A7 #D7F898 #98F8E9

split-complementary

#B998F8 #F8E998 #A7F898

monochromatic

#6B25F0 #925FF4 #B998F8 #E0D1FC #ECE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B998F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B998F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B998F8

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B998F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B998F8	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA9FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A8F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b998f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.139 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6fb',
    500: '#b998f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b998f8;
$custom-light: #d0b6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b998f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.625,
    "s": 87.273,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74661,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B998F8

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E40296

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B998F8

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

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