#B495BB#B495BB

#B495BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.064 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495BB
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 187)
HSL	hsl(289, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(289, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 18.43, -15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 23.99, 320.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0494 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.064 320)
XYZ	xyz(38.5382, 34.7867, 51.6884)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495BB #9CBB95

analogous

#A195BB #B495BB #BB95AF

triadic

#B495BB #BBB495 #95BBB4

tetradic

#B495BB #BBA195 #9CBB95 #95AFBB

square

#B495BB #BBA195 #9CBB95 #95AFBB

split-complementary

#B495BB #AFBB95 #95BBA1

monochromatic

#7A5382 #9A70A3 #B495BB #CEBAD3 #E9E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B495BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B495BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495BB

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495BB	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B599A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.064 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab4cf',
    500: '#b495bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495bb;
$custom-light: #cab4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.947,
    "s": 21.839,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71042,
    "c": 0.06444,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.34786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495BB

secondary

#D2DCD0

accent

#A04556

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495BB

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

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