#B495C3#B495C3

#B495C3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.074 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495C3
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 195)
HSL	hsl(280, 28%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(280, 24%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 20.04, -19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 27.90, 315.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% 0.052 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.074 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4186, 35.1388, 56.3251)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495C3 #A4C395

analogous

#9D95C3 #B495C3 #C395BB

triadic

#B495C3 #C3B495 #95C3B4

tetradic

#B495C3 #C39D95 #A4C395 #95BBC3

square

#B495C3 #C39D95 #A4C395 #95BBC3

split-complementary

#B495C3 #BBC395 #95C39D

monochromatic

#79508E #986EAD #B495C3 #D0BCD9 #EBE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B495C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B495C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495C3

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495C3	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A1C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39AA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.074 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab4d5',
    500: '#b495c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495c3;
$custom-light: #cab4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.435,
    "s": 27.711,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71344,
    "c": 0.074,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495C3

secondary

#D7E1D3

accent

#A63F61

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495C3

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

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