#B490DB#B490DB

#B490DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.113 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B490DB
RGB	rgb(180, 144, 219)
HSL	hsl(269, 51%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 34%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 34.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, 27.99, -33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 43.45, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% 0.066 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.113 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5793, 34.7645, 71.5239)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B490DB #B7DB90

analogous

#9091DB #B490DB #D990DB

triadic

#B490DB #DBB490 #90DBB4

tetradic

#B490DB #DB9091 #B7DB90 #90DBD9

square

#B490DB #DB9091 #B7DB90 #90DBD9

split-complementary

#B490DB #DBD990 #91DB90

monochromatic

#763BB6 #9562CC #B490DB #D3BEEA #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B490DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B490DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B490DB

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B490DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B490DB	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819EDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9BAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b490db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 144, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.113 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb1e6',
    500: '#b490db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b490db;
$custom-light: #cbb1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b490db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71422,
    "c": 0.113,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B490DB

secondary

#E4EDDA

accent

#BE2776

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F5FC

border

#D2CFD5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B490DB

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

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