#B495CA#B495CA

#B495CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.083 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495CA
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 202)
HSL	hsl(275, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(275, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 26.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 21.50, -22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 31.44, 313.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% 0.0541 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.083 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2287, 35.4629, 60.5914)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495CA #ABCA95

analogous

#9A95CA #B495CA #CA95C6

triadic

#B495CA #CAB495 #95CAB4

tetradic

#B495CA #CA9A95 #ABCA95 #95C6CA

square

#B495CA #CA9A95 #ABCA95 #95C6CA

split-complementary

#B495CA #C6CA95 #95CA9A

monochromatic

#794C98 #976CB6 #B495CA #D1BEDE #EEE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B495CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B495CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495CA

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495CA	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29CA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.083 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4da',
    500: '#b495ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495ca;
$custom-light: #cbb4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.094,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71619,
    "c": 0.0827,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495CA

secondary

#DCE5D6

accent

#AC3969

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495CA

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

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