#B496EE#B496EE

#B496EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.128 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B496EE
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(260, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 37%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 28.99, -40.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 49.59, 305.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0618 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.128 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1579, 37.6888, 85.7679)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B496EE #D0EE96

analogous

#96A4EE #B496EE #E096EE

triadic

#B496EE #EEB496 #96EEB4

tetradic

#B496EE #EE96A4 #D0EE96 #96EEE0

square

#B496EE #EE96A4 #D0EE96 #96EEE0

split-complementary

#B496EE #EEE096 #A4EE96

monochromatic

#692DDD #8E61E5 #B496EE #DACBF7 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B496EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#B496EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B496EE

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B496EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B496EE	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b496ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.128 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5f4',
    500: '#b496ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b496ee;
$custom-light: #ccb5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b496ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.455,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73381,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B496EE

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D41192

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B496EE

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

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