#B487C8#B487C8

#B487C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.105 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B487C8
RGB	rgb(180, 135, 200)
HSL	hsl(282, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(282, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 32.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, 28.92, -27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 39.63, 316.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.0745 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.105 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9101, 31.2021, 58.6579)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B487C8 #9BC887

analogous

#9387C8 #B487C8 #C887BC

triadic

#B487C8 #C8B487 #87C8B4

tetradic

#B487C8 #C89387 #9BC887 #87BCC8

square

#B487C8 #C89387 #9BC887 #87BCC8

split-complementary

#B487C8 #BCC887 #87C893

monochromatic

#794392 #9A5DB5 #B487C8 #CEB1DB #E8DBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B487C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#B487C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B487C8

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B487C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B487C8	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D95CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8899C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b487c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 135, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.105 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaad9',
    500: '#b487c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b487c8;
$custom-light: #cbaad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b487c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68972,
    "c": 0.10513,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B487C8

secondary

#D1E0CB

accent

#B0355B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#131014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B487C8

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

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