#B496F3#B496F3

#B496F3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.134 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B496F3
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 243)
HSL	hsl(259, 79%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 38.3%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 30.17, -42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 52.23, 305.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.0628 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.134 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9026, 37.9867, 89.6905)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B496F3 #D5F396

analogous

#96A7F3 #B496F3 #E396F3

triadic

#B496F3 #F3B496 #96F3B4

tetradic

#B496F3 #F396A7 #D5F396 #96F3E3

square

#B496F3 #F396A7 #D5F396 #96F3E3

split-complementary

#B496F3 #F3E396 #A7F396

monochromatic

#6628E6 #8D5FED #B496F3 #DBCDF9 #EBE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B496F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B496F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B496F3

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B496F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B496F3	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA6F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A5F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b496f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.134 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5f7',
    500: '#b496f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b496f3;
$custom-light: #ccb5f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b496f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.355,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73621,
    "c": 0.1344,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B496F3

secondary

#EBF4D7

accent

#DC0A98

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B496F3

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

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