#B495F8#B495F8

#B495F8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.143 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495F8
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 248)
HSL	hsl(259, 88%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(259, 40%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 39.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 31.93, -45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 55.49, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0651 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.143 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5091, 37.9750, 93.6684)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495F8 #D9F895

analogous

#95A7F8 #B495F8 #E695F8

triadic

#B495F8 #F8B495 #95F8B4

tetradic

#B495F8 #F895A7 #D9F895 #95F8E6

square

#B495F8 #F895A7 #D9F895 #95F8E6

split-complementary

#B495F8 #F8E695 #A7F895

monochromatic

#6322F0 #8B5CF4 #B495F8 #DDCEFC #EBE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B495F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B495F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495F8

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495F8	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA6FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA5F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.143 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb4fb',
    500: '#b495f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495f8;
$custom-light: #ccb4fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.788,
    "s": 87.611,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73688,
    "c": 0.14251,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495F8

secondary

#EBF5D6

accent

#E4019D

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495F8

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

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