#B491E9#B491E9

#B491E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.129 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B491E9
RGB	rgb(180, 145, 233)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 38%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 37.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 30.62, -39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 50.11, 307.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0677 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.129 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.6526, 35.8372, 81.6925)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B491E9 #C6E991

analogous

#919AE9 #B491E9 #E091E9

triadic

#B491E9 #E9B491 #91E9B4

tetradic

#B491E9 #E9919A #C6E991 #91E9E0

square

#B491E9 #E9919A #C6E991 #91E9E0

split-complementary

#B491E9 #E9E091 #9AE991

monochromatic

#6E2BD5 #915EDF #B491E9 #D7C4F3 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B491E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B491E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B491E9

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B491E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B491E9	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9FB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b491e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 145, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.129 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb1f0',
    500: '#b491e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b491e9;
$custom-light: #ccb1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b491e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.864,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72249,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B491E9

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CF1786

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F5FD

border

#D2CFD5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B491E9

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

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