#B48BEE#B48BEE

#B48BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.145 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48BEE
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(265, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(265, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 35.13, -44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 56.50, 308.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.077 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.145 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4842, 34.3415, 85.2101)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48BEE #C5EE8B

analogous

#8B94EE #B48BEE #E58BEE

triadic

#B48BEE #EEB48B #8BEEB4

tetradic

#B48BEE #EE8B94 #C5EE8B #8BEEE5

square

#B48BEE #EE8B94 #C5EE8B #8BEEE5

split-complementary

#B48BEE #EEE58B #94EE8B

monochromatic

#6F21DE #9156E6 #B48BEE #D7C0F6 #EEE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B48BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B48BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B48BEE

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48BEE	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.145 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccadf4',
    500: '#b48bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48bee;
$custom-light: #ccadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.848,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71443,
    "c": 0.14547,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48BEE

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#D70F84

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48BEE

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

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