#B495EB#B495EB

#B495EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.125 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495EB
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 235)
HSL	hsl(262, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 37%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 36.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 28.84, -39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 48.64, 306.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0626 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.125 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5619, 37.1962, 83.4131)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495EB #CCEB95

analogous

#95A1EB #B495EB #DF95EB

triadic

#B495EB #EBB495 #95EBB4

tetradic

#B495EB #EB95A1 #CCEB95 #95EBDF

square

#B495EB #EB95A1 #CCEB95 #95EBDF

split-complementary

#B495EB #EBDF95 #A1EB95

monochromatic

#6B2ED8 #9062E1 #B495EB #D8C8F5 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B495EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#B495EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495EB

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495EB	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.125 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb4f1',
    500: '#b495eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495eb;
$custom-light: #ccb4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.628,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73059,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495EB

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D0158D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495EB

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

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