#B48BCB#B48BCB

#B48BCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.102 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48BCB
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(278, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(278, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, 27.31, -27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 38.50, 315.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.0693 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.102 313)
XYZ	xyz(38.8327, 32.4809, 60.7121)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48BCB #A2CB8B

analogous

#948BCB #B48BCB #CB8BC2

triadic

#B48BCB #CBB48B #8BCBB4

tetradic

#B48BCB #CB948B #A2CB8B #8BC2CB

square

#B48BCB #CB948B #A2CB8B #8BC2CB

split-complementary

#B48BCB #C2CB8B #8BCB94

monochromatic

#7A4498 #9961B8 #B48BCB #CFB5DE #EBE0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B48BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#B48BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B48BCB

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48BCB	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8198CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B293A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.102 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaddb',
    500: '#b48bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48bcb;
$custom-light: #cbaddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.438,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69819,
    "c": 0.10164,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.3248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48BCB

secondary

#D6E3CF

accent

#B13461

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48BCB

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

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