#B48BBD#B48BBD

#B48BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.085 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48BBD
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(289, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(289, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, 24.43, -20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 31.62, 320.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% 0.0654 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.085 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2391, 31.8435, 52.3190)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48BBD #94BD8B

analogous

#9B8BBD #B48BBD #BD8BAD

triadic

#B48BBD #BDB48B #8BBDB4

tetradic

#B48BBD #BD9B8B #94BD8B #8BADBD

square

#B48BBD #BD9B8B #94BD8B #8BADBD

split-complementary

#B48BBD #ADBD8B #8BBD9B

monochromatic

#794B83 #9B64A7 #B48BBD #CDB2D3 #E6D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B48BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#B48BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B48BBD

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48BBD	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5909D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.085 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbadd1',
    500: '#b48bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48bbd;
$custom-light: #cbadd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.2,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69244,
    "c": 0.08506,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48BBD

secondary

#CCDBC9

accent

#A63F52

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48BBD

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

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