#B491EB#B491EB

#B491EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.132 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B491EB
RGB	rgb(180, 145, 235)
HSL	hsl(263, 69%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(263, 38%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 38.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 31.08, -40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 51.16, 307.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% 0.0681 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.132 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9399, 35.9522, 83.2057)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B491EB #C8EB91

analogous

#919BEB #B491EB #E191EB

triadic

#B491EB #EBB491 #91EBB4

tetradic

#B491EB #EB919B #C8EB91 #91EBE1

square

#B491EB #EB919B #C8EB91 #91EBE1

split-complementary

#B491EB #EBE191 #9BEB91

monochromatic

#6D29D8 #915DE2 #B491EB #D7C5F4 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B491EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#B491EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B491EB

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B491EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B491EB	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b491eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 145, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.132 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb1f2',
    500: '#b491eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b491eb;
$custom-light: #ccb1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b491eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72345,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B491EB

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D11488

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F5FD

border

#D2CFD5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B491EB

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

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