#B48BB2#B48BB2

#B48BB2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.073 H 327.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48BB2
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(303, 21%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(303, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, 22.28, -14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 26.55, 327.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% 0.0619 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.073 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0901, 31.3839, 46.2674)
Luminance	0.3138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48BB2 #8BB48D

analogous

#A28BB4 #B48BB2 #B48B9D

triadic

#B48BB2 #B2B48B #8BB2B4

tetradic

#B48BB2 #B4A28B #8BB48D #8B9DB4

square

#B48BB2 #B4A28B #8BB48D #8B9DB4

split-complementary

#B48BB2 #9DB48B #8BB4A2

monochromatic

#774D75 #9C6699 #B48BB2 #CCB0CB #E4D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#B48BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#B48BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B48BB2

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48BB2	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	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)

#8995B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.073 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbadc9',
    500: '#b48bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48bb2;
$custom-light: #cbadc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.927,
    "s": 21.466,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68824,
    "c": 0.07305,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48BB2

secondary

#C6D5C7

accent

#A04A46

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48BB2

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

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