#B495CD#B495CD

#B495CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.086 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495CD
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 205)
HSL	hsl(273, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(273, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 27.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 22.13, -24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 32.97, 312.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% 0.055 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.087 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5873, 35.6063, 62.4803)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495CD #AECD95

analogous

#9895CD #B495CD #CD95CA

triadic

#B495CD #CDB495 #95CDB4

tetradic

#B495CD #CD9895 #AECD95 #95CACD

square

#B495CD #CD9895 #AECD95 #95CACD

split-complementary

#B495CD #CACD95 #95CD98

monochromatic

#784A9D #976BB9 #B495CD #D1BFE1 #EFE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B495CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B495CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495CD

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495CD	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.086 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4dc',
    500: '#b495cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495cd;
$custom-light: #cbb4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.214,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71741,
    "c": 0.0865,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495CD

secondary

#DEE7D7

accent

#AF376C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495CD

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

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