#B949E2#B949E2

#B949E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.232 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B949E2
RGB	rgb(185, 73, 226)
HSL	hsl(284, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 67.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, 66.99, -57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 88.46, 319.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% 0.1655 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.232 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1154, 20.5717, 74.0051)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B949E2 #72E249

analogous

#6C49E2 #B949E2 #E249BE

triadic

#B949E2 #E2B949 #49E2B9

tetradic

#B949E2 #E26C49 #72E249 #49BEE2

square

#B949E2 #E26C49 #72E249 #49BEE2

split-complementary

#B949E2 #BEE249 #49E26C

monochromatic

#761898 #9F21CD #B949E2 #CD7EEA #E2B3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#B949E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#B949E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B949E2

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B949E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B949E2	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4780DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b949e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 73, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.232 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d284ec',
    500: '#b949e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b949e2;
$custom-light: #d284ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b949e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.922,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61964,
    "c": 0.23195,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B949E2

secondary

#B5E2A5

accent

#EF396A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B949E2

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

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