#B496EA#B496EA

#B496EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.123 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B496EA
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 234)
HSL	hsl(261, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 35.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, 28.05, -38.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 47.49, 306.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.0609 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.123 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5767, 37.4563, 82.7073)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B496EA #CCEA96

analogous

#96A2EA #B496EA #DE96EA

triadic

#B496EA #EAB496 #96EAB4

tetradic

#B496EA #EA96A2 #CCEA96 #96EADE

square

#B496EA #EA96A2 #CCEA96 #96EADE

split-complementary

#B496EA #EADE96 #A2EA96

monochromatic

#6B30D6 #9063E0 #B496EA #D8C9F4 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B496EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B496EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B496EA

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B496EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B496EA	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b496ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.123 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5f1',
    500: '#b496ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b496ea;
$custom-light: #ccb5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b496ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73193,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B496EA

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CF178D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B496EA

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

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