#B495DC#B495DC

#B495DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.106 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495DC
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 220)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(266, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 32.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 25.41, -31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 40.76, 308.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.059 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.106 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4855, 36.3656, 72.4773)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495DC #BDDC95

analogous

#959ADC #B495DC #D895DC

triadic

#B495DC #DCB495 #95DCB4

tetradic

#B495DC #DC959A #BDDC95 #95DCD8

square

#B495DC #DC959A #BDDC95 #95DCD8

split-complementary

#B495DC #DCD895 #9ADC95

monochromatic

#733DB9 #9367CD #B495DC #D5C3EB #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B495DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B495DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495DC

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495DC	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.106 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4e7',
    500: '#b495dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495dc;
$custom-light: #cbb4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.197,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72377,
    "c": 0.10585,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495DC

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BE287C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495DC

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

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