#B494EE#B494EE

#B494EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.131 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B494EE
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 38%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 37.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, 30.11, -40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 50.85, 306.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0646 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.131 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8414, 37.0559, 85.6624)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B494EE #CEEE94

analogous

#94A1EE #B494EE #E194EE

triadic

#B494EE #EEB494 #94EEB4

tetradic

#B494EE #EE94A1 #CEEE94 #94EEE1

square

#B494EE #EE94A1 #CEEE94 #94EEE1

split-complementary

#B494EE #EEE194 #A1EE94

monochromatic

#6A2ADD #8F5FE6 #B494EE #D9C9F6 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B494EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#B494EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B494EE

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B494EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B494EE	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b494ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.131 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb3f4',
    500: '#b494ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b494ee;
$custom-light: #ccb3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b494ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.333,
    "s": 72.581,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73022,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B494EE

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D5118F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B494EE

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

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