#B998FF#B998FF

#B998FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.148 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B998FF
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 255)
HSL	hsl(259, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(259, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 40.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, 33.31, -46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 57.50, 305.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% 0.0681 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.148 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.2816, 39.9903, 99.7109)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B998FF #DEFF98

analogous

#98ABFF #B998FF #EC98FF

triadic

#B998FF #FFB998 #98FFB9

tetradic

#B998FF #FF98AB #DEFF98 #98FFEC

square

#B998FF #FF98AB #DEFF98 #98FFEC

split-complementary

#B998FF #FFEC98 #ABFF98

monochromatic

#661EFF #8F5BFF #B998FF #E3D5FF #EAE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B998FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B998FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B998FF

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B998FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B998FF	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BAAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A9FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABAABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b998ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.148 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6ff',
    500: '#b998ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b998ff;
$custom-light: #d0b6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b998ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.223,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75005,
    "c": 0.14764,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B998FF

secondary

#ECF7D4

accent

#E6009C

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B998FF

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

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