#B18CC5#B18CC5

#B18CC5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.091 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18CC5
RGB	rgb(177, 140, 197)
HSL	hsl(279, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(279, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 28.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, 24.52, -24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 34.48, 315.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% 0.0627 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.091 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5860, 32.1351, 57.0352)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18CC5 #A0C58C

analogous

#948CC5 #B18CC5 #C58CBC

triadic

#B18CC5 #C5B18C #8CC5B1

tetradic

#B18CC5 #C5948C #A0C58C #8CBCC5

square

#B18CC5 #C5948C #A0C58C #8CBCC5

split-complementary

#B18CC5 #BCC58C #8CC594

monochromatic

#76488F #9563B0 #B18CC5 #CDB5DA #E8DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B18CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#B18CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B18CC5

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18CC5	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8398C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B093A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 140, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.091 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9aed6',
    500: '#b18cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18cc5;
$custom-light: #c9aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.947,
    "s": 32.948,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69458,
    "c": 0.09114,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18CC5

secondary

#D4E0CD

accent

#AC3A62

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#131014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18CC5

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

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