#B18BD9#B18BD9

#B18BD9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.118 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18BD9
RGB	rgb(177, 139, 217)
HSL	hsl(269, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(269, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 35.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, 29.44, -34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 45.39, 310.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.0693 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.118 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8860, 32.8223, 69.8663)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18BD9 #B3D98B

analogous

#8B8CD9 #B18BD9 #D88BD9

triadic

#B18BD9 #D9B18B #8BD9B1

tetradic

#B18BD9 #D98B8C #B3D98B #8BD9D8

square

#B18BD9 #D98B8C #B3D98B #8BD9D8

split-complementary

#B18BD9 #D9D88B #8CD98B

monochromatic

#733AB0 #925DCA #B18BD9 #D0B9E8 #EFE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B18BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#B18BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B18BD9

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18BD9	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB97A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 139, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.118 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ade5',
    500: '#b18bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18bd9;
$custom-light: #c9ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7015,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18BD9

secondary

#E0EBD5

accent

#BE2775

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131015

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18BD9

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

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