#B488E2#B488E2
#B488E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.135 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B488E2 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(180, 136, 226) |
| HSL | hsl(269, 61%, 71%) |
| HSV | hsv(269, 40%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(20.4%, 39.8%, 0%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.00, 34.03, -39.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.00, 52.18, 310.71°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.33% 0.079 -0.1098) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.33% 0.135 305.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.3512, 32.8029, 76.0899) |
| Luminance | 0.3280 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | violet |
Closest named colors
Pale Purple
#B790D4
ΔE00 4.44
Liliac
#C48EFD
ΔE00 4.54
Light Purple
#BF77F6
ΔE00 5.81
Baby Purple
#CA9BF7
ΔE00 5.86
Wisteria
#A87DC2
ΔE00 6.06
Lavender (survey)
#C79FEF
ΔE00 6.42
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B488E2 #B6E288
analogous
#8889E2 #B488E2 #E188E2
triadic
#B488E2 #E2B488 #88E2B4
tetradic
#B488E2 #E28889 #B6E288 #88E2E1
square
#B488E2 #E28889 #B6E288 #88E2E1
split-complementary
#B488E2 #E2E188 #89E288
monochromatic
#762FC1 #9557D6 #B488E2 #D3B9EE #EFE6F9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.78
#B488E2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.56
#B488E2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B488E2
7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B488E2 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B488E2 | 1.00 | 2.78 | 7.56 | 7.56 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.78 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#739AE5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7D9BE0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AD96AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b488e2; /* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 136, 226); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.135 305.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ccabeb',
500: '#b488e2',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b488e2; $custom-light: #ccabeb; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b488e2",
"rgb": {
"r": 180,
"g": 136,
"b": 226
},
"hsl": {
"h": 269.333,
"s": 60.811,
"l": 70.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70334,
"c": 0.13527,
"h": 305.7
},
"luminance": 0.32803
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B488E2
secondary
#E3EFD7
accent
#C91D75
background
#FCFAFE
surface
#F9F4FD
border
#D2CED5
text
#131016
muted
#827F84