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#b494eb

a light, vivid violet · warm · closest name: plum

RGB
180, 148, 235
HSL
262°, 69%, 75%
CMYK
23, 37, 0, 8
Luminance
0.3688

Every format

HEX#b494eb
RGBrgb(180, 148, 235)
HSLhsl(262, 69%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(23%, 37%, 0%, 8%)
LABlab(67.2 29.4 -39.5)
LCHlch(67.2 49.3 306.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.729 0.127 300.2)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #b494eb;
background-color: #b494eb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#b494eb] bg-[#b494eb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #b494eb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.706, green: 0.580, blue: 0.922)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#b494eb")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#b494eb on white: 2.51:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#b494eb on black: 8.38:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red70.6%
Green58.0%
Blue92.2%

CMYK percentages

Cyan23.4%
Magenta37.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)7.8%

Color previews

#b494eb text on a black background

contrast 8.38:1

Card sample

#b494eb text on a white background

contrast 2.51:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #b494eb;
Background color
Panel with #b494eb background
background-color: #b494eb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #b494eb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(180, 148, 235, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(180, 148, 235, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #b494eb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b494eb, #EB94E8);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #b494eb

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #b494eb in the Color Lab