#B48CD7#B48CD7

#B48CD7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.115 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48CD7
RGB	rgb(180, 140, 215)
HSL	hsl(272, 48%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(272, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 34.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, 29.34, -32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 43.95, 311.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0709 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.115 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4639, 33.3661, 68.5854)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48CD7 #AFD78C

analogous

#8F8CD7 #B48CD7 #D78CD5

triadic

#B48CD7 #D7B48C #8CD7B4

tetradic

#B48CD7 #D78F8C #AFD78C #8CD5D7

square

#B48CD7 #D78F8C #AFD78C #8CD5D7

split-complementary

#B48CD7 #D5D78C #8CD78F

monochromatic

#783CAD #965FC7 #B48CD7 #D2B9E7 #EFE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B48CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#B48CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B48CD7

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48CD7	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9BDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B097A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 140, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.115 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaee3',
    500: '#b48cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48cd7;
$custom-light: #cbaee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70524,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48CD7

secondary

#DFEAD5

accent

#BC2A6E

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48CD7

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

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