#B48CD3#B48CD3

#B48CD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.110 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48CD3
RGB	rgb(180, 140, 211)
HSL	hsl(274, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(274, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 33.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, 28.47, -30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 41.90, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.0699 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.11 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9562, 33.1631, 65.9116)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48CD3 #ABD38C

analogous

#918CD3 #B48CD3 #D38CCF

triadic

#B48CD3 #D3B48C #8CD3B4

tetradic

#B48CD3 #D3918C #ABD38C #8CCFD3

square

#B48CD3 #D3918C #ABD38C #8CCFD3

split-complementary

#B48CD3 #CFD38C #8CD391

monochromatic

#793FA5 #9760C2 #B48CD3 #D1B8E4 #EEE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B48CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B48CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B48CD3

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48CD3	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9AD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B096A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 140, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.110 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaee0',
    500: '#b48cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48cd3;
$custom-light: #cbaee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.803,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70346,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48CD3

secondary

#DCE8D3

accent

#B82E6A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48CD3

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

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