#B480EB#B480EB

#B480EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.159 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B480EB
RGB	rgb(180, 128, 235)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 46%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 45.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, 40.52, -46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 61.83, 310.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% 0.0915 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.159 305)
XYZ	xyz(41.5338, 31.1400, 82.4037)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B480EB #B7EB80

analogous

#8081EB #B480EB #E980EB

triadic

#B480EB #EBB480 #80EBB4

tetradic

#B480EB #EB8081 #B7EB80 #80EBE9

square

#B480EB #EB8081 #B7EB80 #80EBE9

split-complementary

#B480EB #EBE980 #81EB80

monochromatic

#7621D0 #954BE3 #B480EB #D3B5F3 #EFE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#B480EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#B480EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B480EB

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B480EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B480EB	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6496EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7198E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB92AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b480eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 128, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.159 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca6f2',
    500: '#b480eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b480eb;
$custom-light: #cca6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b480eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.159,
    "s": 72.789,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69437,
    "c": 0.15942,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.3114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B480EB

secondary

#E4F1D5

accent

#D51176

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B480EB

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

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