#B494DA#B494DA

#B494DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.105 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B494DA
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 218)
HSL	hsl(267, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 32%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 32.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 25.52, -31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 40.36, 309.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.06 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.105 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0647, 35.9452, 71.0382)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B494DA #BADA94

analogous

#9497DA #B494DA #D794DA

triadic

#B494DA #DAB494 #94DAB4

tetradic

#B494DA #DA9497 #BADA94 #94DAD7

square

#B494DA #DA9497 #BADA94 #94DAD7

split-complementary

#B494DA #DAD794 #97DA94

monochromatic

#753FB5 #9467CA #B494DA #D4C1EA #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B494DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#B494DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B494DA

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B494DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B494DA	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9EAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b494da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.105 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb3e5',
    500: '#b494da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b494da;
$custom-light: #cbb3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b494da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.429,
    "s": 48.611,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72105,
    "c": 0.10494,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B494DA

secondary

#E6EEDC

accent

#BC2A79

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B494DA

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

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