#B495C1#B495C1

#B495C1 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.072 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495C1
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 193)
HSL	hsl(282, 26%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(282, 23%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 22.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, 19.63, -18.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 26.91, 316.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% 0.0513 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.072 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1940, 35.0490, 55.1421)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495C1 #A2C195

analogous

#9E95C1 #B495C1 #C195B8

triadic

#B495C1 #C1B495 #95C1B4

tetradic

#B495C1 #C19E95 #A2C195 #95B8C1

square

#B495C1 #C19E95 #A2C195 #95B8C1

split-complementary

#B495C1 #B8C195 #95C19E

monochromatic

#7A518B #996EAA #B495C1 #CFBCD8 #EBE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B495C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#B495C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495C1

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495C1	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9EC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.072 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab4d3',
    500: '#b495c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495c1;
$custom-light: #cab4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.273,
    "s": 26.19,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71267,
    "c": 0.07155,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495C1

secondary

#D6E0D2

accent

#A5415E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495C1

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

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