#B48BD2#B48BD2

#B48BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.110 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48BD2
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 210)
HSL	hsl(275, 44%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(275, 34%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 33.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, 28.81, -30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 42.04, 313.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.0711 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.11 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6858, 32.8222, 65.2049)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48BD2 #A9D28B

analogous

#908BD2 #B48BD2 #D28BCC

triadic

#B48BD2 #D2B48B #8BD2B4

tetradic

#B48BD2 #D2908B #A9D28B #8BCCD2

square

#B48BD2 #D2908B #A9D28B #8BCCD2

split-complementary

#B48BD2 #CCD28B #8BD290

monochromatic

#793FA3 #975FC1 #B48BD2 #D1B7E3 #EDE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B48BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#B48BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B48BD2

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48BD2	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E99D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B195A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.110 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbade0',
    500: '#b48bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48bd2;
$custom-light: #cbade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.648,
    "s": 44.099,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70122,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48BD2

secondary

#DBE7D2

accent

#B72E68

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48BD2

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

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