#B495C2#B495C2

#B495C2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.073 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495C2
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 194)
HSL	hsl(281, 27%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(281, 23%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 23.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 19.84, -18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 27.41, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0517 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.073 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3059, 35.0938, 55.7316)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495C2 #A3C295

analogous

#9E95C2 #B495C2 #C295BA

triadic

#B495C2 #C2B495 #95C2B4

tetradic

#B495C2 #C29E95 #A3C295 #95BAC2

square

#B495C2 #C29E95 #A3C295 #95BAC2

split-complementary

#B495C2 #BAC295 #95C29E

monochromatic

#7A518C #996EAC #B495C2 #CFBCD8 #EBE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B495C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#B495C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495C2

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495C2	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39AA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.073 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab4d4',
    500: '#b495c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495c2;
$custom-light: #cab4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.333,
    "s": 26.946,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71305,
    "c": 0.07277,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495C2

secondary

#D7E0D2

accent

#A64060

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495C2

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

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