#B495C9#B495C9

#B495C9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.081 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495C9
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 201)
HSL	hsl(276, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(276, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 25.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 21.29, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 30.93, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% 0.0538 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.081 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1107, 35.4157, 59.9699)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495C9 #AAC995

analogous

#9A95C9 #B495C9 #C995C4

triadic

#B495C9 #C9B495 #95C9B4

tetradic

#B495C9 #C99A95 #AAC995 #95C4C9

square

#B495C9 #C99A95 #AAC995 #95C4C9

split-complementary

#B495C9 #C4C995 #95C99A

monochromatic

#794D97 #976CB4 #B495C9 #D1BEDE #EDE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B495C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#B495C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495C9

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495C9	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.081 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4d9',
    500: '#b495c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495c9;
$custom-light: #cbb4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.769,
    "s": 32.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71579,
    "c": 0.08144,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495C9

secondary

#DBE5D5

accent

#AB3A68

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495C9

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

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