#B495C0#B495C0

#B495C0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.070 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495C0
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 192)
HSL	hsl(283, 25%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(283, 22%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 22.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 19.43, -17.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 26.42, 317.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% 0.051 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.07 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0828, 35.0045, 54.5566)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495C0 #A1C095

analogous

#9F95C0 #B495C0 #C095B7

triadic

#B495C0 #C0B495 #95C0B4

tetradic

#B495C0 #C09F95 #A1C095 #95B7C0

square

#B495C0 #C09F95 #A1C095 #95B7C0

split-complementary

#B495C0 #B7C095 #95C09F

monochromatic

#7A5189 #996FA9 #B495C0 #CFBBD7 #EAE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B495C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B495C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495C0

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495C0	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.070 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab4d3',
    500: '#b495c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495c0;
$custom-light: #cab4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.256,
    "s": 25.444,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71229,
    "c": 0.07035,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495C0

secondary

#D5DFD2

accent

#A4425D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495C0

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

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