#B495CB#B495CB

#B495CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.084 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495CB
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 203)
HSL	hsl(274, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(274, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 26.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, 21.71, -23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 31.95, 312.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% 0.0544 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.084 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3475, 35.5104, 61.2170)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495CB #ACCB95

analogous

#9995CB #B495CB #CB95C7

triadic

#B495CB #CBB495 #95CBB4

tetradic

#B495CB #CB9995 #ACCB95 #95C7CB

square

#B495CB #CB9995 #ACCB95 #95C7CB

split-complementary

#B495CB #C7CB95 #95CB99

monochromatic

#794C9A #976CB7 #B495CB #D1BEDF #EEE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B495CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#B495CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495CB

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495CB	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29CA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.084 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4db',
    500: '#b495cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495cb;
$custom-light: #cbb4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.444,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7166,
    "c": 0.08396,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495CB

secondary

#DDE6D6

accent

#AD396A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495CB

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

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