#B490CD#B490CD

#B490CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.095 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B490CD
RGB	rgb(180, 144, 205)
HSL	hsl(275, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(275, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 29.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, 24.93, -26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 36.24, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0624 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.095 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8132, 34.0581, 62.2223)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B490CD #A9CD90

analogous

#9590CD #B490CD #CD90C7

triadic

#B490CD #CDB490 #90CDB4

tetradic

#B490CD #CD9590 #A9CD90 #90C7CD

square

#B490CD #CD9590 #A9CD90 #90C7CD

split-complementary

#B490CD #C7CD90 #90CD95

monochromatic

#79469C #9766BA #B490CD #D1BAE0 #EDE4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B490CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B490CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B490CD

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B490CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B490CD	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B298A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b490cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 144, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.095 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb0dc',
    500: '#b490cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b490cd;
$custom-light: #cbb0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b490cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.41,
    "s": 37.888,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70814,
    "c": 0.09528,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B490CD

secondary

#DBE6D3

accent

#B13568

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F5FB

border

#D1CFD4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B490CD

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

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