#B490F9#B490F9

#B490F9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.152 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B490F9
RGB	rgb(180, 144, 249)
HSL	hsl(261, 90%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(261, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 42.2%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 34.96, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 59.12, 306.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.072 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.152 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8905, 36.4890, 94.2295)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B490F9 #D5F990

analogous

#90A1F9 #B490F9 #E890F9

triadic

#B490F9 #F9B490 #90F9B4

tetradic

#B490F9 #F990A1 #D5F990 #90F9E8

square

#B490F9 #F990A1 #D5F990 #90F9E8

split-complementary

#B490F9 #F9E890 #A1F990

monochromatic

#661CF3 #8D56F6 #B490F9 #DBCAFC #EBE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B490F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#B490F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B490F9

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B490F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B490F9	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72A3FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79A2F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b490f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 144, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.152 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb1fb',
    500: '#b490f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b490f9;
$custom-light: #cdb1fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b490f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.571,
    "s": 89.744,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72863,
    "c": 0.1516,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B490F9

secondary

#EBF6D5

accent

#E60097

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F5FF

border

#D2CFD7

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B490F9

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

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