#B495FF#B495FF

#B495FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.152 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B495FF
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 255)
HSL	hsl(258, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(258, 42%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 41.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 33.63, -48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 59.17, 304.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0664 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.152 296)
XYZ	xyz(47.6154, 38.4176, 99.4951)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B495FF #E0FF95

analogous

#95ABFF #B495FF #E995FF

triadic

#B495FF #FFB495 #95FFB4

tetradic

#B495FF #FF95AB #E0FF95 #95FFE9

square

#B495FF #FF95AB #E0FF95 #95FFE9

split-complementary

#B495FF #FFE995 #ABFF95

monochromatic

#5D1BFF #8958FF #B495FF #DFD2FF #E9E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B495FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B495FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B495FF

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B495FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B495FF	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76A7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7BA5FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b495ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.152 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb4ff',
    500: '#b495ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b495ff;
$custom-light: #cdb4ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b495ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.547,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7404,
    "c": 0.15165,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.38418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B495FF

secondary

#EDF7D4

accent

#E600A2

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B495FF

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

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