#B495CF#B495CF

#B495CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.089 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495CF
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 207)
HSL	hsl(272, 38%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(272, 28%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 28%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, 22.56, -25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 34.00, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0556 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.089 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8303, 35.7035, 63.7599)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495CF #B0CF95

analogous

#9795CF #B495CF #CF95CD

triadic

#B495CF #CFB495 #95CFB4

tetradic

#B495CF #CF9795 #B0CF95 #95CDCF

square

#B495CF #CF9795 #B0CF95 #95CDCF

split-complementary

#B495CF #CDCF95 #95CF97

monochromatic

#7849A1 #966BBC #B495CF #D2BFE2 #F0E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B495CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B495CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495CF

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495CF	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA0D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19DAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.089 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4dd',
    500: '#b495cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495cf;
$custom-light: #cbb4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.069,
    "s": 37.662,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71823,
    "c": 0.08905,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495CF

secondary

#DFE8D8

accent

#B1356E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495CF

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

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