#B48BCD#B48BCD

#B48BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.104 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48BCD
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(277, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(277, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, 27.74, -28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 39.51, 314.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% 0.0698 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.104 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0726, 32.5769, 61.9754)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48BCD #A4CD8B

analogous

#938BCD #B48BCD #CD8BC5

triadic

#B48BCD #CDB48B #8BCDB4

tetradic

#B48BCD #CD938B #A4CD8B #8BC5CD

square

#B48BCD #CD938B #A4CD8B #8BC5CD

split-complementary

#B48BCD #C5CD8B #8BCD93

monochromatic

#79439B #9860BB #B48BCD #D0B6DF #EBE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B48BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B48BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B48BCD

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48BCD	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8098D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B294A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.104 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaddc',
    500: '#b48bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48bcd;
$custom-light: #cbaddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.273,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69904,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48BCD

secondary

#D7E4D0

accent

#B33363

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48BCD

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

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