#B48CD0#B48CD0

#B48CD0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.106 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48CD0
RGB	rgb(180, 140, 208)
HSL	hsl(275, 42%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(275, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 32.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, 27.82, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 40.38, 313.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% 0.0691 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.106 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5836, 33.0140, 63.9493)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48CD0 #A8D08C

analogous

#928CD0 #B48CD0 #D08CCA

triadic

#B48CD0 #D0B48C #8CD0B4

tetradic

#B48CD0 #D0928C #A8D08C #8CCAD0

square

#B48CD0 #D0928C #A8D08C #8CCAD0

split-complementary

#B48CD0 #CAD08C #8CD092

monochromatic

#7941A0 #9861BE #B48CD0 #D0B7E2 #EDE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B48CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#B48CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B48CD0

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48CD0	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809AD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B195A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 140, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.106 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaede',
    500: '#b48cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48cd0;
$custom-light: #cbaede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 41.975,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70214,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48CD0

secondary

#DAE6D2

accent

#B53067

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48CD0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →