#B495BF#B495BF

#B495BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.069 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495BF
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 191)
HSL	hsl(284, 25%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(284, 22%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 22%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, 19.23, -17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 25.93, 317.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0507 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.069 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9724, 34.9604, 53.9751)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495BF #A0BF95

analogous

#9F95BF #B495BF #BF95B5

triadic

#B495BF #BFB495 #95BFB4

tetradic

#B495BF #BF9F95 #A0BF95 #95B5BF

square

#B495BF #BF9F95 #A0BF95 #95B5BF

split-complementary

#B495BF #B5BF95 #95BF9F

monochromatic

#7A5288 #996FA8 #B495BF #CFBBD6 #EAE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B495BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#B495BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495BF

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495BF	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.069 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab4d2',
    500: '#b495bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495bf;
$custom-light: #cab4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.286,
    "s": 24.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71191,
    "c": 0.06915,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495BF

secondary

#D5DFD1

accent

#A3425C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495BF

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

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