#B494BC#B494BC

#B494BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.067 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B494BC
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 188)
HSL	hsl(288, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(288, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 21.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, 19.18, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 25.14, 319.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% 0.0513 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.067 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4881, 34.5146, 52.2017)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B494BC #9CBC94

analogous

#A094BC #B494BC #BC94B0

triadic

#B494BC #BCB494 #94BCB4

tetradic

#B494BC #BCA094 #9CBC94 #94B0BC

square

#B494BC #BCA094 #9CBC94 #94B0BC

split-complementary

#B494BC #B0BC94 #94BCA0

monochromatic

#7A5283 #9A6EA4 #B494BC #CEBAD4 #E9DFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B494BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B494BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B494BC

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B494BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B494BC	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B598A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b494bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.067 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab3d0',
    500: '#b494bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b494bc;
$custom-light: #cab3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b494bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 22.989,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70888,
    "c": 0.06744,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B494BC

secondary

#D2DDCF

accent

#A14457

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B494BC

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

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