#B481CB#B481CB

#B481CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.119 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B481CB
RGB	rgb(180, 129, 203)
HSL	hsl(281, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(281, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 36.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, 32.90, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 45.02, 316.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% 0.0842 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.119 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4505, 29.7164, 60.2513)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B481CB #98CB81

analogous

#8F81CB #B481CB #CB81BD

triadic

#B481CB #CBB481 #81CBB4

tetradic

#B481CB #CB8F81 #98CB81 #81BDCB

square

#B481CB #CB8F81 #98CB81 #81BDCB

split-complementary

#B481CB #BDCB81 #81CB8F

monochromatic

#793D94 #9A56B9 #B481CB #CEACDD #E8D8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B481CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#B481CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B481CB

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B481CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B481CB	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7591CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b481cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 129, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.119 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba6db',
    500: '#b481cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b481cb;
$custom-light: #cba6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b481cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.351,
    "s": 41.573,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68049,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B481CB

secondary

#CFE0C7

accent

#B5315A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#130F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B481CB

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

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