#B494FF#B494FF

#B494FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.153 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B494FF
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 255)
HSL	hsl(258, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(258, 42%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 42%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 34.18, -49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 59.79, 304.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0677 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.153 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4579, 38.1025, 99.4426)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B494FF #DFFF94

analogous

#94AAFF #B494FF #EA94FF

triadic

#B494FF #FFB494 #94FFB4

tetradic

#B494FF #FF94AA #DFFF94 #94FFEA

square

#B494FF #FF94AA #DFFF94 #94FFEA

split-complementary

#B494FF #FFEA94 #AAFF94

monochromatic

#5E1AFF #8957FF #B494FF #DFD1FF #EAE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B494FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B494FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B494FF

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B494FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B494FF	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75A7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA5FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b494ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.153 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb4ff',
    500: '#b494ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b494ff;
$custom-light: #cdb4ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b494ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.944,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73866,
    "c": 0.15317,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B494FF

secondary

#EDF7D4

accent

#E600A1

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B494FF

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

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