#B491CD#B491CD

#B491CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.094 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B491CD
RGB	rgb(180, 145, 205)
HSL	hsl(275, 38%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(275, 29%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 29.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 24.37, -25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 35.59, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0609 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.094 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9653, 34.3623, 62.2730)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B491CD #AACD91

analogous

#9691CD #B491CD #CD91C8

triadic

#B491CD #CDB491 #91CDB4

tetradic

#B491CD #CD9691 #AACD91 #91C8CD

square

#B491CD #CD9691 #AACD91 #91C8CD

split-complementary

#B491CD #C8CD91 #91CD96

monochromatic

#79479C #9767BA #B491CD #D1BBE0 #EDE5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B491CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B491CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B491CD

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B491CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B491CD	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B199A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b491cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 145, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.094 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb1dc',
    500: '#b491cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b491cd;
$custom-light: #cbb1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b491cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70998,
    "c": 0.09352,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B491CD

secondary

#DBE6D4

accent

#B03568

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F5FB

border

#D1CFD4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B491CD

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

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