#B490DC#B490DC

#B490DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.114 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B490DC
RGB	rgb(180, 144, 220)
HSL	hsl(268, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(268, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 34.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 28.21, -33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 43.97, 309.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0662 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.114 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7114, 34.8173, 72.2193)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B490DC #B8DC90

analogous

#9092DC #B490DC #DA90DC

triadic

#B490DC #DCB490 #90DCB4

tetradic

#B490DC #DC9092 #B8DC90 #90DCDA

square

#B490DC #DC9092 #B8DC90 #90DCDA

split-complementary

#B490DC #DCDA90 #92DC90

monochromatic

#753AB8 #9561CD #B490DC #D3BFEB #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B490DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B490DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B490DC

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B490DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B490DC	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809EDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9BAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b490dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 144, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.114 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb1e7',
    500: '#b490dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b490dc;
$custom-light: #cbb1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b490dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71467,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B490DC

secondary

#E4EEDA

accent

#BF2677

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F5FC

border

#D2CFD5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B490DC

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

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