#B494DD#B494DD

#B494DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.109 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B494DD
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 221)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(266, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 33%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 26.20, -32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 41.92, 308.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.0607 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.109 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4608, 36.1037, 73.1244)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B494DD #BDDD94

analogous

#9499DD #B494DD #D894DD

triadic

#B494DD #DDB494 #94DDB4

tetradic

#B494DD #DD9499 #BDDD94 #94DDD8

square

#B494DD #DD9499 #BDDD94 #94DDD8

split-complementary

#B494DD #DDD894 #99DD94

monochromatic

#733BBB #9366CE #B494DD #D5C2EC #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B494DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B494DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B494DD

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B494DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B494DD	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9FAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b494dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.109 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb3e8',
    500: '#b494dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b494dd;
$custom-light: #cbb3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b494dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.301,
    "s": 51.773,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72238,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B494DD

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#BF267C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B494DD

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

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