#B495DB#B495DB

#B495DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.105 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495DB
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 219)
HSL	hsl(267, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 32%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, 25.19, -31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 40.24, 308.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.0588 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.105 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3534, 36.3128, 71.7819)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495DB #BCDB95

analogous

#9599DB #B495DB #D795DB

triadic

#B495DB #DBB495 #95DBB4

tetradic

#B495DB #DB9599 #BCDB95 #95DBD7

square

#B495DB #DB9599 #BCDB95 #95DBD7

split-complementary

#B495DB #DBD795 #99DB95

monochromatic

#743EB7 #9467CB #B495DB #D4C3EB #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B495DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B495DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495DB

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495DB	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9FAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.105 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4e6',
    500: '#b495db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495db;
$custom-light: #cbb4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.571,
    "s": 49.296,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72333,
    "c": 0.10455,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495DB

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BD297B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495DB

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

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