#B18BCD#B18BCD

#B18BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.103 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18BCD
RGB	rgb(177, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(275, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(275, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, 26.79, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 39.19, 313.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% 0.0663 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.103 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3816, 32.2206, 61.9430)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18BCD #A7CD8B

analogous

#908BCD #B18BCD #CD8BC8

triadic

#B18BCD #CDB18B #8BCDB1

tetradic

#B18BCD #CD908B #A7CD8B #8BC8CD

square

#B18BCD #CD908B #A7CD8B #8BC8CD

split-complementary

#B18BCD #C8CD8B #8BCD90

monochromatic

#75439B #9460BB #B18BCD #CEB6DF #EBE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B18BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#B18BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B18BCD

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18BCD	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F98D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE94A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.103 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9addc',
    500: '#b18bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18bcd;
$custom-light: #c9addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.545,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69614,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18BCD

secondary

#D8E4D0

accent

#B33369

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18BCD

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

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