#B48CD4#B48CD4

#B48CD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.111 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48CD4
RGB	rgb(180, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(273, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(273, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, 28.69, -31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 42.42, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% 0.0701 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.111 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0820, 33.2134, 66.5739)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48CD4 #ACD48C

analogous

#908CD4 #B48CD4 #D48CD0

triadic

#B48CD4 #D4B48C #8CD4B4

tetradic

#B48CD4 #D4908C #ACD48C #8CD0D4

square

#B48CD4 #D4908C #ACD48C #8CD0D4

split-complementary

#B48CD4 #D0D48C #8CD490

monochromatic

#793EA7 #975FC3 #B48CD4 #D1B9E5 #EEE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B48CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#B48CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B48CD4

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48CD4	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9AD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B096A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.111 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaee1',
    500: '#b48cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48cd4;
$custom-light: #cbaee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7039,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48CD4

secondary

#DDE8D3

accent

#B92D6B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48CD4

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

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