#B494E8#B494E8

#B494E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.123 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B494E8
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 232)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(263, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 36.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, 28.71, -38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 47.69, 307.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0633 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.123 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9746, 36.7092, 81.0972)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B494E8 #C8E894

analogous

#949EE8 #B494E8 #DE94E8

triadic

#B494E8 #E8B494 #94E8B4

tetradic

#B494E8 #E8949E #C8E894 #94E8DE

square

#B494E8 #E8949E #C8E894 #94E8DE

split-complementary

#B494E8 #E8DE94 #9EE894

monochromatic

#6D2FD2 #9162DD #B494E8 #D7C6F3 #EDE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B494E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B494E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B494E8

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B494E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B494E8	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b494e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.123 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb3ef',
    500: '#b494e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b494e8;
$custom-light: #ccb3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b494e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72739,
    "c": 0.12319,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B494E8

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CC1988

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B494E8

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

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