#B491EF#B491EF

#B491EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.137 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B491EF
RGB	rgb(180, 145, 239)
HSL	hsl(262, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 39%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 39.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, 32.02, -42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 53.26, 306.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0689 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.137 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5243, 36.1859, 86.2835)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B491EF #CCEF91

analogous

#919DEF #B491EF #E391EF

triadic

#B491EF #EFB491 #91EFB4

tetradic

#B491EF #EF919D #CCEF91 #91EFE3

square

#B491EF #EF919D #CCEF91 #91EFE3

split-complementary

#B491EF #EFE391 #9DEF91

monochromatic

#6B26DF #905CE7 #B491EF #D8C6F7 #EDE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B491EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#B491EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B491EF

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B491EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B491EF	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A2F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b491ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 145, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.137 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb1f4',
    500: '#b491ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b491ef;
$custom-light: #ccb1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b491ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.34,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72538,
    "c": 0.13714,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B491EF

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D70F8C

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F5FD

border

#D2CFD5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B491EF

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

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