#B494EF#B494EF

#B494EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.132 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B494EF
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 239)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 38%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 38.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 30.34, -41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 51.38, 306.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.0648 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.132 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9888, 37.1149, 86.4383)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B494EF #CFEF94

analogous

#94A1EF #B494EF #E194EF

triadic

#B494EF #EFB494 #94EFB4

tetradic

#B494EF #EF94A1 #CFEF94 #94EFE1

square

#B494EF #EF94A1 #CFEF94 #94EFE1

split-complementary

#B494EF #EFE194 #A1EF94

monochromatic

#692ADF #8F5FE7 #B494EF #D9C9F7 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B494EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B494EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B494EF

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B494EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B494EF	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b494ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.132 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb3f4',
    500: '#b494ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b494ef;
$custom-light: #ccb3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b494ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.099,
    "s": 73.984,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7307,
    "c": 0.13233,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B494EF

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D60F90

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B494EF

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

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