#B995FF#B995FF

#B995FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.152 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B995FF
RGB	rgb(185, 149, 255)
HSL	hsl(260, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(260, 42%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 41.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, 34.98, -47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 59.36, 306.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.0722 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.152 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8008, 39.0288, 99.5506)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B995FF #DBFF95

analogous

#95A6FF #B995FF #EE95FF

triadic

#B995FF #FFB995 #95FFB9

tetradic

#B995FF #FF95A6 #DBFF95 #95FFEE

square

#B995FF #FF95A6 #DBFF95 #95FFEE

split-complementary

#B995FF #FFEE95 #A6FF95

monochromatic

#681BFF #9158FF #B995FF #E1D2FF #EBE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B995FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B995FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B995FF

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B995FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B995FF	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA7FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b995ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 149, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.152 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b4ff',
    500: '#b995ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b995ff;
$custom-light: #d0b4ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b995ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.377,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74483,
    "c": 0.15229,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B995FF

secondary

#EBF7D4

accent

#E60098

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B995FF

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

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