#B485CD#B485CD

#B485CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.115 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B485CD
RGB	rgb(180, 133, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(279, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 35.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, 31.09, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 43.42, 315.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% 0.0787 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.115 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2276, 30.8868, 61.6937)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B485CD #9ECD85

analogous

#9085CD #B485CD #CD85C2

triadic

#B485CD #CDB485 #85CDB4

tetradic

#B485CD #CD9085 #9ECD85 #85C2CD

square

#B485CD #CD9085 #9ECD85 #85C2CD

split-complementary

#B485CD #C2CD85 #85CD90

monochromatic

#7A3F99 #995ABB #B485CD #CFB0DF #E9DCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#B485CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#B485CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B485CD

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B485CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B485CD	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7994D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b485cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 133, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.115 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba9dc',
    500: '#b485cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b485cd;
$custom-light: #cba9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b485cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.167,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68836,
    "c": 0.11462,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B485CD

secondary

#D3E3CB

accent

#B5315F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B485CD

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

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