#B495FA#B495FA

#B495FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.145 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495FA
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 250)
HSL	hsl(258, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(258, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 40.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 32.41, -46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 56.54, 304.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.0655 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.145 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8210, 38.0998, 95.3112)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495FA #DBFA95

analogous

#95A8FA #B495FA #E695FA

triadic

#B495FA #FAB495 #95FAB4

tetradic

#B495FA #FA95A8 #DBFA95 #95FAE6

square

#B495FA #FA95A8 #DBFA95 #95FAE6

split-complementary

#B495FA #FAE695 #A8FA95

monochromatic

#6120F4 #8B5BF7 #B495FA #DDCFFD #EAE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B495FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B495FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495FA

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495FA	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A6FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA5F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.145 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb4fc',
    500: '#b495fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495fa;
$custom-light: #ccb4fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.416,
    "s": 90.991,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73788,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495FA

secondary

#ECF6D5

accent

#E6009F

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495FA

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

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