#B496E8#B496E8

#B496E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.120 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B496E8
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 232)
HSL	hsl(262, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 35.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 27.59, -37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 46.43, 306.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0605 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.12 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2910, 37.3420, 81.2026)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B496E8 #CAE896

analogous

#96A1E8 #B496E8 #DD96E8

triadic

#B496E8 #E8B496 #96E8B4

tetradic

#B496E8 #E896A1 #CAE896 #96E8DD

square

#B496E8 #E896A1 #CAE896 #96E8DD

split-complementary

#B496E8 #E8DD96 #A1E896

monochromatic

#6C32D2 #9064DD #B496E8 #D8C8F3 #EDE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B496E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B496E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B496E8

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B496E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B496E8	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b496e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.120 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5ef',
    500: '#b496e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b496e8;
$custom-light: #ccb5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b496e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.951,
    "s": 64.062,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.731,
    "c": 0.11993,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B496E8

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CC1A8B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B496E8

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

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