#B18ABC#B18ABC

#B18ABC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.084 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18ABC
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(287, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(287, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, 23.79, -20.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 31.35, 319.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% 0.0631 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.084 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2958, 31.1556, 51.6688)
Luminance	0.3115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18ABC #95BC8A

analogous

#988ABC #B18ABC #BC8AAE

triadic

#B18ABC #BCB18A #8ABCB1

tetradic

#B18ABC #BC988A #95BC8A #8AAEBC

square

#B18ABC #BC988A #95BC8A #8AAEBC

split-complementary

#B18ABC #AEBC8A #8ABC98

monochromatic

#754A81 #9763A6 #B18ABC #CBB1D2 #E5D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B18ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#B18ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B18ABC

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18ABC	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D99BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.084 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9acd0',
    500: '#b18abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18abc;
$custom-light: #c9acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.8,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68724,
    "c": 0.08397,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18ABC

secondary

#CCDAC8

accent

#A64056

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18ABC

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

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