#B494BB#B494BB

#B494BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.066 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B494BB
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 187)
HSL	hsl(289, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(289, 21%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 20.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 18.99, -15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 24.66, 320.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.0509 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.066 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3807, 34.4716, 51.6359)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B494BB #9BBB94

analogous

#A094BB #B494BB #BB94AE

triadic

#B494BB #BBB494 #94BBB4

tetradic

#B494BB #BBA094 #9BBB94 #94AEBB

square

#B494BB #BBA094 #9BBB94 #94AEBB

split-complementary

#B494BB #AEBB94 #94BBA0

monochromatic

#795382 #9A6FA3 #B494BB #CEB9D3 #E8DFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B494BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B494BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B494BB

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B494BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B494BB	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B598A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b494bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.066 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab3cf',
    500: '#b494bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b494bb;
$custom-light: #cab3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b494bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.231,
    "s": 22.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70851,
    "c": 0.06627,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B494BB

secondary

#D1DCCF

accent

#A14555

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B494BB

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

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