#B493CD#B493CD

#B493CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.090 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B493CD
RGB	rgb(180, 147, 205)
HSL	hsl(274, 37%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(274, 28%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 28.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 23.25, -25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 34.28, 312.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.058 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.09 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2736, 34.9789, 62.3757)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B493CD #ACCD93

analogous

#9793CD #B493CD #CD93C9

triadic

#B493CD #CDB493 #93CDB4

tetradic

#B493CD #CD9793 #ACCD93 #93C9CD

square

#B493CD #CD9793 #ACCD93 #93C9CD

split-complementary

#B493CD #C9CD93 #93CD97

monochromatic

#79499D #9769BA #B493CD #D1BDE0 #EEE7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B493CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B493CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B493CD

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B493CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B493CD	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19BA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b493cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 147, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.090 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb3dc',
    500: '#b493cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b493cd;
$custom-light: #cbb3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b493cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.138,
    "s": 36.709,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71368,
    "c": 0.09001,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B493CD

secondary

#DDE6D5

accent

#B0366A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B493CD

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

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