#B495DA#B495DA

#B495DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.103 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495DA
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 218)
HSL	hsl(267, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 32%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 31.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 24.96, -30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 39.71, 308.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.0585 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.103 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2222, 36.2603, 71.0907)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495DA #BBDA95

analogous

#9599DA #B495DA #D795DA

triadic

#B495DA #DAB495 #95DAB4

tetradic

#B495DA #DA9599 #BBDA95 #95DAD7

square

#B495DA #DA9599 #BBDA95 #95DAD7

split-complementary

#B495DA #DAD795 #99DA95

monochromatic

#743FB5 #9468CA #B495DA #D4C2EA #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B495DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B495DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495DA

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495DA	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9FAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.103 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4e5',
    500: '#b495da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495da;
$custom-light: #cbb4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.957,
    "s": 48.252,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72289,
    "c": 0.10325,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495DA

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BC2A7A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495DA

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

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