#B494BF#B494BF

#B494BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.071 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B494BF
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 191)
HSL	hsl(285, 25%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(285, 23%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 22.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 19.79, -17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 26.59, 318.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0522 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.071 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8149, 34.6453, 53.9226)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B494BF #9FBF94

analogous

#9F94BF #B494BF #BF94B5

triadic

#B494BF #BFB494 #94BFB4

tetradic

#B494BF #BF9F94 #9FBF94 #94B5BF

square

#B494BF #BF9F94 #9FBF94 #94B5BF

split-complementary

#B494BF #B5BF94 #94BF9F

monochromatic

#7A5188 #996EA8 #B494BF #CFBAD6 #EAE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B494BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B494BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B494BF

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B494BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B494BF	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B499A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b494bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.071 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab3d2',
    500: '#b494bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b494bf;
$custom-light: #cab3d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b494bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.651,
    "s": 25.146,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71001,
    "c": 0.07097,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B494BF

secondary

#D4DED0

accent

#A4425B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B494BF

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

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