#B495CC#B495CC

#B495CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.085 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495CC
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 204)
HSL	hsl(274, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(274, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 27%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 21.92, -23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 32.46, 312.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.0547 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.085 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4670, 35.5582, 61.8466)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495CC #ADCC95

analogous

#9995CC #B495CC #CC95C9

triadic

#B495CC #CCB495 #95CCB4

tetradic

#B495CC #CC9995 #ADCC95 #95C9CC

square

#B495CC #CC9995 #ADCC95 #95C9CC

split-complementary

#B495CC #C9CC95 #95CC99

monochromatic

#784B9C #976CB8 #B495CC #D1BEE0 #EEE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B495CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#B495CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495CC

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495CC	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19CA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.085 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4db',
    500: '#b495cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495cc;
$custom-light: #cbb4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.818,
    "s": 35.032,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.717,
    "c": 0.08523,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495CC

secondary

#DDE6D6

accent

#AE386B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495CC

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

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