#B495C8#B495C8

#B495C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.080 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495C8
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 200)
HSL	hsl(276, 32%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(276, 26%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 25.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 21.08, -21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 30.42, 313.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% 0.0535 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.08 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9934, 35.3688, 59.3524)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495C8 #A9C895

analogous

#9A95C8 #B495C8 #C895C2

triadic

#B495C8 #C8B495 #95C8B4

tetradic

#B495C8 #C89A95 #A9C895 #95C2C8

square

#B495C8 #C89A95 #A9C895 #95C2C8

split-complementary

#B495C8 #C2C895 #95C89A

monochromatic

#794D95 #976DB3 #B495C8 #D1BDDD #EDE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B495C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B495C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495C8

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495C8	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A1C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29BA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.080 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4d8',
    500: '#b495c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495c8;
$custom-light: #cbb4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.471,
    "s": 31.677,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7154,
    "c": 0.08019,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495C8

secondary

#DBE4D5

accent

#AA3B67

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495C8

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

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