#B185CB#B185CB

#B185CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.111 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B185CB
RGB	rgb(177, 133, 203)
HSL	hsl(278, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(278, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 34.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, 29.73, -29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 42.09, 314.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% 0.0747 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.111 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2967, 30.4346, 60.3980)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B185CB #9FCB85

analogous

#8E85CB #B185CB #CB85C2

triadic

#B185CB #CBB185 #85CBB1

tetradic

#B185CB #CB8E85 #9FCB85 #85C2CB

square

#B185CB #CB8E85 #9FCB85 #85C2CB

split-complementary

#B185CB #C2CB85 #85CB8E

monochromatic

#764096 #965AB9 #B185CB #CCB0DD #E8DBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#B185CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#B185CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B185CB

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B185CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B185CB	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7994CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8397C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b185cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 133, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.111 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a9db',
    500: '#b185cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b185cb;
$custom-light: #c9a9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b185cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.714,
    "s": 40.23,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68448,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B185CB

secondary

#D3E1CA

accent

#B33262

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B185CB

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

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