#B488CB#B488CB

#B488CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.107 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B488CB
RGB	rgb(180, 136, 203)
HSL	hsl(279, 39%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(279, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 33%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, 28.99, -28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 40.46, 315.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% 0.0738 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.107 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4043, 31.6241, 60.5693)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B488CB #9FCB88

analogous

#9388CB #B488CB #CB88C1

triadic

#B488CB #CBB488 #88CBB4

tetradic

#B488CB #CB9388 #9FCB88 #88C1CB

square

#B488CB #CB9388 #9FCB88 #88C1CB

split-complementary

#B488CB #C1CB88 #88CB93

monochromatic

#7A4297 #995DB8 #B488CB #CFB3DE #EADDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B488CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#B488CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B488CB

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B488CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B488CB	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D96CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879AC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B291A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b488cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 136, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.107 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbabdb',
    500: '#b488cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b488cb;
$custom-light: #cbabdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b488cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.403,
    "s": 39.181,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6928,
    "c": 0.10694,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B488CB

secondary

#D4E2CD

accent

#B2335F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B488CB

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

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