#B495EF#B495EF

#B495EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.131 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495EF
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 239)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 38%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 37.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 29.78, -41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 50.75, 305.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0634 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.131 299)
XYZ	xyz(45.1463, 37.4299, 86.4908)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495EF #D0EF95

analogous

#95A3EF #B495EF #E195EF

triadic

#B495EF #EFB495 #95EFB4

tetradic

#B495EF #EF95A3 #D0EF95 #95EFE1

square

#B495EF #EF95A3 #D0EF95 #95EFE1

split-complementary

#B495EF #EFE195 #A3EF95

monochromatic

#692BDF #8E60E7 #B495EF #DACAF7 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B495EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B495EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495EF

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495EF	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.131 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb4f4',
    500: '#b495ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495ef;
$custom-light: #ccb4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.667,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73249,
    "c": 0.13074,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.3743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495EF

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D61092

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495EF

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

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