#B494CA#B494CA

#B494CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.084 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B494CA
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 202)
HSL	hsl(276, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(276, 27%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 26.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 22.06, -23.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 32.09, 313.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.0556 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.084 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0711, 35.1478, 60.5389)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B494CA #AACA94

analogous

#9994CA #B494CA #CA94C5

triadic

#B494CA #CAB494 #94CAB4

tetradic

#B494CA #CA9994 #AACA94 #94C5CA

square

#B494CA #CA9994 #AACA94 #94C5CA

split-complementary

#B494CA #C5CA94 #94CA99

monochromatic

#794B98 #976BB6 #B494CA #D1BDDE #EDE6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B494CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B494CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B494CA

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B494CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B494CA	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29BA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b494ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.084 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb3da',
    500: '#b494ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b494ca;
$custom-light: #cbb3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b494ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.556,
    "s": 33.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71432,
    "c": 0.08446,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B494CA

secondary

#DBE5D5

accent

#AD3968

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B494CA

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

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