#B18CD9#B18CD9

#B18CD9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.116 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18CD9
RGB	rgb(177, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(269, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(269, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, 28.88, -34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 44.74, 310.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0678 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.116 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0314, 33.1132, 69.9148)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18CD9 #B4D98C

analogous

#8C8ED9 #B18CD9 #D78CD9

triadic

#B18CD9 #D9B18C #8CD9B1

tetradic

#B18CD9 #D98C8E #B4D98C #8CD9D7

square

#B18CD9 #D98C8E #B4D98C #8CD9D7

split-complementary

#B18CD9 #D9D78C #8ED98C

monochromatic

#733AB0 #925ECA #B18CD9 #D0BAE8 #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B18CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#B18CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B18CD9

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18CD9	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB98A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.116 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9aee5',
    500: '#b18cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18cd9;
$custom-light: #c9aee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.831,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7033,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18CD9

secondary

#E1EBD6

accent

#BE2876

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131015

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18CD9

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

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