#B495FD#B495FD

#B495FD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.149 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495FD
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 253)
HSL	hsl(258, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(258, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 41.1%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, 33.14, -47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 58.12, 304.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% 0.066 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.149 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2952, 38.2895, 97.8083)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495FD #DEFD95

analogous

#95AAFD #B495FD #E895FD

triadic

#B495FD #FDB495 #95FDB4

tetradic

#B495FD #FD95AA #DEFD95 #95FDE8

square

#B495FD #FD95AA #DEFD95 #95FDE8

split-complementary

#B495FD #FDE895 #AAFD95

monochromatic

#5F1DFB #8A59FC #B495FD #DFD1FE #EAE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B495FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#B495FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495FD

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495FD	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA5FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.149 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb4fe',
    500: '#b495fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495fd;
$custom-light: #cdb4fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.885,
    "s": 96.296,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73939,
    "c": 0.14904,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495FD

secondary

#ECF7D4

accent

#E600A1

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495FD

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

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