#B495DD#B495DD

#B495DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.107 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495DD
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 221)
HSL	hsl(266, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(266, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 32.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, 25.63, -32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 41.28, 308.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% 0.0593 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.107 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6183, 36.4187, 73.1769)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495DD #BEDD95

analogous

#959ADD #B495DD #D895DD

triadic

#B495DD #DDB495 #95DDB4

tetradic

#B495DD #DD959A #BEDD95 #95DDD8

square

#B495DD #DD959A #BEDD95 #95DDD8

split-complementary

#B495DD #DDD895 #9ADD95

monochromatic

#733CBB #9367CE #B495DD #D5C3EC #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B495DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B495DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495DD

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495DD	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.107 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4e7',
    500: '#b495dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495dd;
$custom-light: #cbb4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.833,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72421,
    "c": 0.10717,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495DD

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#BF277D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495DD

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

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