#B495EE#B495EE

#B495EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.129 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495EE
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 37.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, 29.55, -40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 50.22, 306.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.0632 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.129 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9990, 37.3710, 85.7150)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495EE #CFEE95

analogous

#95A2EE #B495EE #E095EE

triadic

#B495EE #EEB495 #95EEB4

tetradic

#B495EE #EE95A2 #CFEE95 #95EEE0

square

#B495EE #EE95A2 #CFEE95 #95EEE0

split-complementary

#B495EE #EEE095 #A2EE95

monochromatic

#692CDD #8F60E6 #B495EE #D9CAF6 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B495EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B495EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495EE

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495EE	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.129 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb4f4',
    500: '#b495ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495ee;
$custom-light: #ccb4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.899,
    "s": 72.358,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73201,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495EE

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D41190

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495EE

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

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