#B496CD#B496CD

#B496CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.085 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B496CD
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(273, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(273, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 21.57, -24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 32.32, 311.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% 0.0535 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.085 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7462, 35.9241, 62.5333)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B496CD #AFCD96

analogous

#9996CD #B496CD #CD96CB

triadic

#B496CD #CDB496 #96CDB4

tetradic

#B496CD #CD9996 #AFCD96 #96CBCD

square

#B496CD #CD9996 #AFCD96 #96CBCD

split-complementary

#B496CD #CBCD96 #96CD99

monochromatic

#784B9E #966DB9 #B496CD #D2BFE1 #EFE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B496CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#B496CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B496CD

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B496CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B496CD	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b496cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.085 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5dc',
    500: '#b496cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b496cd;
$custom-light: #cbb5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b496cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71928,
    "c": 0.08474,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B496CD

secondary

#DFE7D8

accent

#AE376D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B496CD

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

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