#B18CD8#B18CD8

#B18CD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.115 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18CD8
RGB	rgb(177, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(269, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(269, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, 28.65, -33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 44.22, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% 0.0676 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.115 306)
XYZ	xyz(39.9018, 33.0614, 69.2318)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18CD8 #B3D88C

analogous

#8C8DD8 #B18CD8 #D78CD8

triadic

#B18CD8 #D8B18C #8CD8B1

tetradic

#B18CD8 #D88C8D #B3D88C #8CD8D7

square

#B18CD8 #D88C8D #B3D88C #8CD8D7

split-complementary

#B18CD8 #D8D78C #8DD88C

monochromatic

#733BAE #925EC9 #B18CD8 #D0BAE7 #EFE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B18CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B18CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B18CD8

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18CD8	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9ADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB97A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.115 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9aee4',
    500: '#b18cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18cd8;
$custom-light: #c9aee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.211,
    "s": 49.351,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70284,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.33061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18CD8

secondary

#E0EBD5

accent

#BD2975

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18CD8

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

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