#B494DF#B494DF

#B494DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B494DF
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 223)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(266, 34%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 33.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, 26.65, -33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 42.97, 308.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.0612 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.111 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7288, 36.2109, 74.5361)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B494DF #BFDF94

analogous

#9499DF #B494DF #D994DF

triadic

#B494DF #DFB494 #94DFB4

tetradic

#B494DF #DF9499 #BFDF94 #94DFD9

square

#B494DF #DF9499 #BFDF94 #94DFD9

split-complementary

#B494DF #DFD994 #99DF94

monochromatic

#7239BF #9365D1 #B494DF #D5C3ED #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B494DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#B494DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B494DF

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B494DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B494DF	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9FAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b494df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb3e9',
    500: '#b494df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b494df;
$custom-light: #cbb3e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b494df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.6,
    "s": 53.957,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72327,
    "c": 0.11144,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B494DF

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C1247E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B494DF

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

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