#B495C5#B495C5

#B495C5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.076 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495C5
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 197)
HSL	hsl(279, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(279, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 24.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, 20.45, -20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 28.91, 315.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% 0.0526 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.076 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6462, 35.2299, 57.5240)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495C5 #A6C595

analogous

#9C95C5 #B495C5 #C595BE

triadic

#B495C5 #C5B495 #95C5B4

tetradic

#B495C5 #C59C95 #A6C595 #95BEC5

square

#B495C5 #C59C95 #A6C595 #95BEC5

split-complementary

#B495C5 #BEC595 #95C59C

monochromatic

#794F91 #986DAF #B495C5 #D0BDDB #ECE4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B495C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#B495C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495C5

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495C5	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A1C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39BA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.076 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4d6',
    500: '#b495c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495c5;
$custom-light: #cbb4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.75,
    "s": 29.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71421,
    "c": 0.07646,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495C5

secondary

#D9E2D4

accent

#A83E63

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495C5

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

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