#B495EC#B495EC

#B495EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.127 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495EC
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 36.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, 29.08, -39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 49.17, 306.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0628 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.127 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7068, 37.2541, 84.1761)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495EC #CDEC95

analogous

#95A1EC #B495EC #DF95EC

triadic

#B495EC #ECB495 #95ECB4

tetradic

#B495EC #EC95A1 #CDEC95 #95ECDF

square

#B495EC #EC95A1 #CDEC95 #95ECDF

split-complementary

#B495EC #ECDF95 #A1EC95

monochromatic

#6B2DD9 #8F61E3 #B495EC #D9C9F5 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B495EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B495EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495EC

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495EC	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.127 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb4f2',
    500: '#b495ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495ec;
$custom-light: #ccb4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.379,
    "s": 69.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73106,
    "c": 0.12681,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495EC

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D2148E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495EC

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

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