#B18BBD#B18BBD

#B18BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.083 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18BBD
RGB	rgb(177, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(286, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(286, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, 23.43, -20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 31.17, 318.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% 0.0619 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.083 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5481, 31.4872, 52.2866)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18BBD #97BD8B

analogous

#988BBD #B18BBD #BD8BB0

triadic

#B18BBD #BDB18B #8BBDB1

tetradic

#B18BBD #BD988B #97BD8B #8BB0BD

square

#B18BBD #BD988B #97BD8B #8BB0BD

split-complementary

#B18BBD #B0BD8B #8BBD98

monochromatic

#754B83 #9764A7 #B18BBD #CBB2D3 #E5D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#B18BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#B18BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B18BBD

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18BBD	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1909D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.083 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8add1',
    500: '#b18bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18bbd;
$custom-light: #c8add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.6,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68949,
    "c": 0.08332,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18BBD

secondary

#CDDBC9

accent

#A63F58

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18BBD

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

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