#B496E6#B496E6

#B496E6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.117 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B496E6
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 230)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(263, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 34.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 27.12, -36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 45.38, 306.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.06 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.117 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0086, 37.2291, 79.7150)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B496E6 #C8E696

analogous

#96A0E6 #B496E6 #DC96E6

triadic

#B496E6 #E6B496 #96E6B4

tetradic

#B496E6 #E696A0 #C8E696 #96E6DC

square

#B496E6 #E696A0 #C8E696 #96E6DC

split-complementary

#B496E6 #E6DC96 #A0E696

monochromatic

#6D33CE #9165DA #B496E6 #D7C7F2 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B496E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B496E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B496E6

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B496E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B496E6	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b496e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.117 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5ee',
    500: '#b496e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b496e6;
$custom-light: #cbb5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b496e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73008,
    "c": 0.1173,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B496E6

secondary

#E8F0DB

accent

#C91C88

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B496E6

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

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