#B18BEE#B18BEE

#B18BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.145 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18BEE
RGB	rgb(177, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(263, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(263, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 34.29, -44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 56.35, 307.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0734 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.145 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7932, 33.9852, 85.1777)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18BEE #C8EE8B

analogous

#8B97EE #B18BEE #E28BEE

triadic

#B18BEE #EEB18B #8BEEB1

tetradic

#B18BEE #EE8B97 #C8EE8B #8BEEE2

square

#B18BEE #EE8B97 #C8EE8B #8BEEE2

split-complementary

#B18BEE #EEE28B #97EE8B

monochromatic

#6921DE #8D56E6 #B18BEE #D5C0F6 #EDE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B18BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B18BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B18BEE

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18BEE	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709DF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.145 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caadf4',
    500: '#b18bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18bee;
$custom-light: #caadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.03,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71164,
    "c": 0.14486,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18BEE

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D70F8A

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18BEE

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

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