#B995EE#B995EE

#B995EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.130 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B995EE
RGB	rgb(185, 149, 238)
HSL	hsl(264, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 37.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 30.99, -39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 50.49, 307.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.069 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.13 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1843, 37.9822, 85.7705)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B995EE #CAEE95

analogous

#959DEE #B995EE #E695EE

triadic

#B995EE #EEB995 #95EEB9

tetradic

#B995EE #EE959D #CAEE95 #95EEE6

square

#B995EE #EE959D #CAEE95 #95EEE6

split-complementary

#B995EE #EEE695 #9DEE95

monochromatic

#732CDD #9660E6 #B995EE #DCCAF6 #EEE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B995EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B995EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B995EE

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B995EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B995EE	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)

#80A5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b995ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 149, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.130 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb4f4',
    500: '#b995ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b995ee;
$custom-light: #cfb4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b995ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.27,
    "s": 72.358,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73653,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B995EE

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D41185

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B995EE

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

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