#B490CB#B490CB

#B490CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.093 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B490CB
RGB	rgb(180, 144, 203)
HSL	hsl(277, 36%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(277, 29%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 29.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 24.51, -25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 35.22, 314.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% 0.0619 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.093 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5733, 33.9621, 60.9589)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B490CB #A7CB90

analogous

#9690CB #B490CB #CB90C4

triadic

#B490CB #CBB490 #90CBB4

tetradic

#B490CB #CB9690 #A7CB90 #90C4CB

square

#B490CB #CB9690 #A7CB90 #90C4CB

split-complementary

#B490CB #C4CB90 #90CB96

monochromatic

#794899 #9866B7 #B490CB #D0BADF #ECE3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B490CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B490CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B490CB

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B490CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B490CB	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B298A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b490cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 144, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.093 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb0db',
    500: '#b490cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b490cb;
$custom-light: #cbb0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b490cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.61,
    "s": 36.196,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70731,
    "c": 0.09278,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B490CB

secondary

#D9E4D2

accent

#AF3665

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F5FB

border

#D1CFD4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B490CB

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

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