#B495C7#B495C7

#B495C7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.079 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495C7
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 199)
HSL	hsl(277, 31%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(277, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 25.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 20.87, -21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 29.91, 314.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% 0.0532 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.079 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8769, 35.3222, 58.7389)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495C7 #A8C795

analogous

#9B95C7 #B495C7 #C795C1

triadic

#B495C7 #C7B495 #95C7B4

tetradic

#B495C7 #C79B95 #A8C795 #95C1C7

square

#B495C7 #C79B95 #A8C795 #95C1C7

split-complementary

#B495C7 #C1C795 #95C79B

monochromatic

#794E94 #986DB2 #B495C7 #D0BDDC #EDE5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B495C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B495C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495C7

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495C7	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	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)

#8E9FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A1C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29BA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.079 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4d8',
    500: '#b495c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495c7;
$custom-light: #cbb4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.2,
    "s": 30.864,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.715,
    "c": 0.07894,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495C7

secondary

#DAE3D4

accent

#AA3C66

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495C7

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

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