#B495EA#B495EA

#B495EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.124 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495EA
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 234)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 36.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, 28.61, -38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 48.11, 306.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0623 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.124 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4178, 37.1385, 82.6543)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495EA #CBEA95

analogous

#95A1EA #B495EA #DE95EA

triadic

#B495EA #EAB495 #95EAB4

tetradic

#B495EA #EA95A1 #CBEA95 #95EADE

square

#B495EA #EA95A1 #CBEA95 #95EADE

split-complementary

#B495EA #EADE95 #A1EA95

monochromatic

#6C2FD6 #9062E0 #B495EA #D8C8F4 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B495EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B495EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495EA

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495EA	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.124 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb4f1',
    500: '#b495ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495ea;
$custom-light: #ccb4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.882,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73012,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495EA

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CF178C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495EA

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

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