#B495BC#B495BC

#B495BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.066 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495BC
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 188)
HSL	hsl(288, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(288, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, 18.62, -15.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 24.47, 319.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.0497 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.066 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6457, 34.8297, 52.2542)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495BC #9DBC95

analogous

#A095BC #B495BC #BC95B0

triadic

#B495BC #BCB495 #95BCB4

tetradic

#B495BC #BCA095 #9DBC95 #95B0BC

square

#B495BC #BCA095 #9DBC95 #95B0BC

split-complementary

#B495BC #B0BC95 #95BCA0

monochromatic

#7A5383 #9970A4 #B495BC #CFBAD4 #E9E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B495BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B495BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495BC

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495BC	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B599A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.066 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab4d0',
    500: '#b495bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495bc;
$custom-light: #cab4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.692,
    "s": 22.543,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71079,
    "c": 0.0656,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495BC

secondary

#D3DDD0

accent

#A14557

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495BC

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

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