#B496FA#B496FA

#B496FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.144 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B496FA
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 250)
HSL	hsl(258, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(258, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 40%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 31.85, -45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 55.92, 304.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.0642 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.144 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9799, 38.4176, 95.3642)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B496FA #DCFA96

analogous

#96AAFA #B496FA #E696FA

triadic

#B496FA #FAB496 #96FAB4

tetradic

#B496FA #FA96AA #DCFA96 #96FAE6

square

#B496FA #FA96AA #DCFA96 #96FAE6

split-complementary

#B496FA #FAE696 #AAFA96

monochromatic

#6121F4 #8A5CF7 #B496FA #DED0FD #EAE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B496FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B496FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B496FA

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B496FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B496FA	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA7FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA5F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b496fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.144 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb5fc',
    500: '#b496fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b496fa;
$custom-light: #ccb5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b496fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73964,
    "c": 0.14357,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B496FA

secondary

#ECF6D5

accent

#E600A1

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B496FA

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

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