#B495C6#B495C6

#B495C6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.078 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495C6
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 198)
HSL	hsl(278, 30%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(278, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 24.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 20.66, -20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 29.41, 314.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0529 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.078 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7612, 35.2759, 58.1294)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495C6 #A7C695

analogous

#9B95C6 #B495C6 #C695BF

triadic

#B495C6 #C6B495 #95C6B4

tetradic

#B495C6 #C69B95 #A7C695 #95BFC6

square

#B495C6 #C69B95 #A7C695 #95BFC6

split-complementary

#B495C6 #BFC695 #95C69B

monochromatic

#794F92 #986DB1 #B495C6 #D0BDDB #ECE5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B495C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B495C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495C6

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495C6	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9FC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A1C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39BA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.078 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4d7',
    500: '#b495c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495c6;
$custom-light: #cbb4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.959,
    "s": 30.061,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71461,
    "c": 0.07769,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495C6

secondary

#D9E3D4

accent

#A93D64

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495C6

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

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