#B18ABE#B18ABE

#B18ABE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.086 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18ABE
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 190)
HSL	hsl(285, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(285, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 27.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, 24.20, -21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 32.32, 318.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% 0.0637 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.086 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5129, 31.2425, 52.8122)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18ABE #97BE8A

analogous

#978ABE #B18ABE #BE8AB1

triadic

#B18ABE #BEB18A #8ABEB1

tetradic

#B18ABE #BE978A #97BE8A #8AB1BE

square

#B18ABE #BE978A #97BE8A #8AB1BE

split-complementary

#B18ABE #B1BE8A #8ABE97

monochromatic

#754984 #9763A8 #B18ABE #CBB1D4 #E5D9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B18ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#B18ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B18ABE

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18ABE	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1909C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.086 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9acd1',
    500: '#b18abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18abe;
$custom-light: #c9acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68804,
    "c": 0.08632,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18ABE

secondary

#CDDBC9

accent

#A73E59

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18ABE

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

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