#B474DD#B474DD

#B474DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.162 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B474DD
RGB	rgb(180, 116, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(277, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 47.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 43.91, -44.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 62.20, 314.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% 0.1061 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.162 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1166, 27.4152, 71.6763)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B474DD #9DDD74

analogous

#7F74DD #B474DD #DD74D2

triadic

#B474DD #DDB474 #74DDB4

tetradic

#B474DD #DD7F74 #9DDD74 #74D2DD

square

#B474DD #DD7F74 #9DDD74 #74D2DD

split-complementary

#B474DD #D2DD74 #74DD7F

monochromatic

#7A2AAC #9943D1 #B474DD #CFA5E9 #E9D6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B474DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#B474DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B474DD

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B474DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B474DD	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B8CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D90DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF859E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b474dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 116, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.162 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9ee8',
    500: '#b474dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b474dd;
$custom-light: #cc9ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b474dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66773,
    "c": 0.16229,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B474DD

secondary

#D3E8C5

accent

#C81D60

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B474DD

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

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