#B48CD2#B48CD2

#B48CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.108 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48CD2
RGB	rgb(180, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(274, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(274, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, 28.25, -30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 41.39, 313.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0696 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.108 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8313, 33.1131, 65.2534)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48CD2 #AAD28C

analogous

#918CD2 #B48CD2 #D28CCD

triadic

#B48CD2 #D2B48C #8CD2B4

tetradic

#B48CD2 #D2918C #AAD28C #8CCDD2

square

#B48CD2 #D2918C #AAD28C #8CCDD2

split-complementary

#B48CD2 #CDD28C #8CD291

monochromatic

#7940A4 #9760C1 #B48CD2 #D1B8E3 #EDE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B48CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#B48CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B48CD2

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48CD2	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9AD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B196A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.108 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaee0',
    500: '#b48cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48cd2;
$custom-light: #cbaee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70302,
    "c": 0.10849,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48CD2

secondary

#DBE7D2

accent

#B72F69

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48CD2

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

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