#B48ABA#B48ABA

#B48ABA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.084 H 322.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48ABA
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 186)
HSL	hsl(293, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(293, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 25.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, 24.39, -18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 30.87, 322.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% 0.066 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.084 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7727, 31.4263, 50.5736)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48ABA #90BA8A

analogous

#9C8ABA #B48ABA #BA8AA8

triadic

#B48ABA #BAB48A #8ABAB4

tetradic

#B48ABA #BA9C8A #90BA8A #8AA8BA

square

#B48ABA #BA9C8A #90BA8A #8AA8BA

split-complementary

#B48ABA #A8BA8A #8ABA9C

monochromatic

#784B7F #9B64A3 #B48ABA #CDB0D1 #E5D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#B48ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#B48ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B48ABA

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48ABA	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.084 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbacce',
    500: '#b48aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48aba;
$custom-light: #cbacce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68943,
    "c": 0.08351,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48ABA

secondary

#CAD8C7

accent

#A4414E

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48ABA

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

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