#B494EB#B494EB

#B494EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.127 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B494EB
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 235)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 37%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 37%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 29.40, -39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 49.27, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0639 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.127 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4044, 36.8811, 83.3606)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B494EB #CBEB94

analogous

#949FEB #B494EB #E094EB

triadic

#B494EB #EBB494 #94EBB4

tetradic

#B494EB #EB949F #CBEB94 #94EBE0

square

#B494EB #EB949F #CBEB94 #94EBE0

split-complementary

#B494EB #EBE094 #9FEB94

monochromatic

#6C2DD8 #9060E1 #B494EB #D8C8F5 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B494EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B494EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B494EB

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B494EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B494EB	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b494eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.127 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb3f1',
    500: '#b494eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b494eb;
$custom-light: #ccb3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b494eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.069,
    "s": 68.504,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7288,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B494EB

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D0158C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B494EB

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

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