#B490EB#B490EB

#B490EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.134 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B490EB
RGB	rgb(180, 144, 235)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 39%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 38.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 31.64, -41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 51.79, 307.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% 0.0695 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.134 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7878, 35.6479, 83.1550)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B490EB #C7EB90

analogous

#909AEB #B490EB #E290EB

triadic

#B490EB #EBB490 #90EBB4

tetradic

#B490EB #EB909A #C7EB90 #90EBE2

square

#B490EB #EB909A #C7EB90 #90EBE2

split-complementary

#B490EB #EBE290 #9AEB90

monochromatic

#6E28D8 #915CE2 #B490EB #D7C4F4 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B490EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B490EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B490EB

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B490EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B490EB	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9FB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b490eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 144, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.134 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb1f2',
    500: '#b490eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b490eb;
$custom-light: #ccb1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b490eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.736,
    "s": 69.466,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72168,
    "c": 0.13358,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B490EB

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D11487

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F5FD

border

#D2CFD5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B490EB

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

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