#B495C4#B495C4

#B495C4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.075 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495C4
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 196)
HSL	hsl(280, 28%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(280, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 24%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, 20.25, -19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 28.40, 315.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0523 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.075 314)
XYZ	xyz(39.5320, 35.1842, 56.9225)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495C4 #A5C495

analogous

#9C95C4 #B495C4 #C495BD

triadic

#B495C4 #C4B495 #95C4B4

tetradic

#B495C4 #C49C95 #A5C495 #95BDC4

square

#B495C4 #C49C95 #A5C495 #95BDC4

split-complementary

#B495C4 #BDC495 #95C49C

monochromatic

#79508F #986EAE #B495C4 #D0BCDA #ECE4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B495C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B495C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495C4

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495C4	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A1C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39AA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.075 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4d6',
    500: '#b495c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495c4;
$custom-light: #cbb4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.574,
    "s": 28.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71382,
    "c": 0.07523,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.35184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495C4

secondary

#D8E2D3

accent

#A73E62

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495C4

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

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