#B490C0#B490C0

#B490C0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.079 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B490C0
RGB	rgb(180, 144, 192)
HSL	hsl(285, 28%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(285, 25%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 25%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 22.23, -19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 29.74, 318.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% 0.0586 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.079 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3087, 33.4563, 54.2986)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B490C0 #9CC090

analogous

#9C90C0 #B490C0 #C090B4

triadic

#B490C0 #C0B490 #90C0B4

tetradic

#B490C0 #C09C90 #9CC090 #90B4C0

square

#B490C0 #C09C90 #9CC090 #90B4C0

split-complementary

#B490C0 #B4C090 #90C09C

monochromatic

#7A4D88 #9A69AA #B490C0 #CEB7D6 #E9DEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B490C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#B490C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B490C0

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B490C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B490C0	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B495A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b490c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 144, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.079 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb0d3',
    500: '#b490c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b490c0;
$custom-light: #cbb0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b490c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 27.586,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70288,
    "c": 0.07943,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B490C0

secondary

#D2DECE

accent

#A63F59

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F5F9

border

#D1CFD2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B490C0

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

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