#B494CB#B494CB

#B494CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.086 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B494CB
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 203)
HSL	hsl(275, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(275, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 27.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 22.27, -23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 32.60, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0559 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.086 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1899, 35.1953, 61.1645)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B494CB #ABCB94

analogous

#9994CB #B494CB #CB94C7

triadic

#B494CB #CBB494 #94CBB4

tetradic

#B494CB #CB9994 #ABCB94 #94C7CB

square

#B494CB #CB9994 #ABCB94 #94C7CB

split-complementary

#B494CB #C7CB94 #94CB99

monochromatic

#794B9A #976BB7 #B494CB #D1BDDF #EEE6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B494CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B494CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B494CB

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B494CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B494CB	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29BA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b494cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.086 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb3db',
    500: '#b494cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b494cb;
$custom-light: #cbb3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b494cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.909,
    "s": 34.591,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71473,
    "c": 0.08572,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B494CB

secondary

#DCE6D5

accent

#AD3869

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B494CB

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

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