#B496E7#B496E7

#B496E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.119 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B496E7
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 231)
HSL	hsl(262, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 35.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 27.35, -36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 45.90, 306.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% 0.0603 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.119 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1494, 37.2854, 80.4567)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B496E7 #C9E796

analogous

#96A1E7 #B496E7 #DD96E7

triadic

#B496E7 #E7B496 #96E7B4

tetradic

#B496E7 #E796A1 #C9E796 #96E7DD

square

#B496E7 #E796A1 #C9E796 #96E7DD

split-complementary

#B496E7 #E7DD96 #A1E796

monochromatic

#6D32D0 #9064DC #B496E7 #D8C8F2 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B496E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#B496E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B496E7

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B496E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B496E7	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b496e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.119 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5ef',
    500: '#b496e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b496e7;
$custom-light: #cbb5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b496e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73054,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B496E7

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CB1B8A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B496E7

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

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