#B491FF#B491FF

#B491FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.158 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B491FF
RGB	rgb(180, 145, 255)
HSL	hsl(259, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(259, 43%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 43.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, 35.86, -50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 61.64, 305.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.0717 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.158 297)
XYZ	xyz(46.9934, 37.1736, 99.2877)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B491FF #DCFF91

analogous

#91A5FF #B491FF #EB91FF

triadic

#B491FF #FFB491 #91FFB4

tetradic

#B491FF #FF91A5 #DCFF91 #91FFEB

square

#B491FF #FF91A5 #DCFF91 #91FFEB

split-complementary

#B491FF #FFEB91 #A5FF91

monochromatic

#6117FF #8A54FF #B491FF #DECEFF #EAE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B491FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B491FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B491FF

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B491FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B491FF	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70A5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77A3FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b491ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 145, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.158 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb1ff',
    500: '#b491ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b491ff;
$custom-light: #cdb1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b491ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73346,
    "c": 0.15777,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.37174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B491FF

secondary

#ECF7D4

accent

#E6009C

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F5FF

border

#D2CFD7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B491FF

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

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