#B490E9#B490E9

#B490E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.131 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B490E9
RGB	rgb(180, 144, 233)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 38%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 38.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 31.18, -40.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 50.74, 307.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0691 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.131 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5004, 35.5330, 81.6418)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B490E9 #C5E990

analogous

#9099E9 #B490E9 #E190E9

triadic

#B490E9 #E9B490 #90E9B4

tetradic

#B490E9 #E99099 #C5E990 #90E9E1

square

#B490E9 #E99099 #C5E990 #90E9E1

split-complementary

#B490E9 #E9E190 #99E990

monochromatic

#6F2AD4 #915DDF #B490E9 #D7C3F3 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B490E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#B490E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B490E9

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B490E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B490E9	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9EB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b490e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 144, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.131 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb1f0',
    500: '#b490e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b490e9;
$custom-light: #ccb1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b490e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.27,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72072,
    "c": 0.131,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B490E9

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CF1784

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F5FD

border

#D2CFD5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B490E9

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

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