#B487CB#B487CB

#B487CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.109 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B487CB
RGB	rgb(180, 135, 203)
HSL	hsl(280, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(280, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 33.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, 29.55, -28.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 41.12, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% 0.0753 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.109 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2641, 31.3437, 60.5225)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B487CB #9ECB87

analogous

#9287CB #B487CB #CB87C0

triadic

#B487CB #CBB487 #87CBB4

tetradic

#B487CB #CB9287 #9ECB87 #87C0CB

square

#B487CB #CB9287 #9ECB87 #87C0CB

split-complementary

#B487CB #C0CB87 #87CB92

monochromatic

#7A4196 #995CB8 #B487CB #CFB2DE #E9DCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#B487CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#B487CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B487CB

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B487CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B487CB	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C95CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B290A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b487cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 135, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.109 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaadb',
    500: '#b487cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b487cb;
$custom-light: #cbaadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b487cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.706,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69102,
    "c": 0.1087,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B487CB

secondary

#D3E2CC

accent

#B3335E

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B487CB

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

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