#B494CD#B494CD

#B494CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.088 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B494CD
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 205)
HSL	hsl(274, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(274, 28%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 27.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 22.69, -24.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 33.63, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.0565 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.088 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4298, 35.2913, 62.4278)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B494CD #ADCD94

analogous

#9894CD #B494CD #CD94CA

triadic

#B494CD #CDB494 #94CDB4

tetradic

#B494CD #CD9894 #ADCD94 #94CACD

square

#B494CD #CD9894 #ADCD94 #94CACD

split-complementary

#B494CD #CACD94 #94CD98

monochromatic

#78499D #976ABA #B494CD #D1BEE0 #EEE7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B494CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B494CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B494CD

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B494CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B494CD	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19BA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b494cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.088 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb3dc',
    500: '#b494cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b494cd;
$custom-light: #cbb3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b494cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.684,
    "s": 36.306,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71554,
    "c": 0.08825,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B494CD

secondary

#DDE7D6

accent

#AF366B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B494CD

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

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