#B486D9#B486D9

#B486D9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.127 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B486D9
RGB	rgb(180, 134, 217)
HSL	hsl(273, 52%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(273, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 38.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, 33.14, -35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 48.84, 312.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.08 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.127 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8695, 31.7637, 69.6628)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B486D9 #ABD986

analogous

#8B86D9 #B486D9 #D986D5

triadic

#B486D9 #D9B486 #86D9B4

tetradic

#B486D9 #D98B86 #ABD986 #86D5D9

square

#B486D9 #D98B86 #ABD986 #86D5D9

split-complementary

#B486D9 #D5D986 #86D98B

monochromatic

#7937AE #9757CA #B486D9 #D1B5E8 #EEE3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#B486D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#B486D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B486D9

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B486D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B486D9	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7597DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF92A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b486d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 134, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.127 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaae5',
    500: '#b486d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b486d9;
$custom-light: #cbaae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b486d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.253,
    "s": 52.201,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69559,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B486D9

secondary

#DCEAD1

accent

#C0266A

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#131015

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B486D9

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

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