#B48CEE#B48CEE

#B48CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.144 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48CEE
RGB	rgb(180, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(264, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 34.57, -43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 55.87, 308.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% 0.0756 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.144 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6297, 34.6324, 85.2585)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48CEE #C6EE8C

analogous

#8C95EE #B48CEE #E58CEE

triadic

#B48CEE #EEB48C #8CEEB4

tetradic

#B48CEE #EE8C95 #C6EE8C #8CEEE5

square

#B48CEE #EE8C95 #C6EE8C #8CEEE5

split-complementary

#B48CEE #EEE58C #95EE8C

monochromatic

#6E21DE #9157E6 #B48CEE #D7C1F6 #EEE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B48CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B48CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B48CEE

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48CEE	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9CB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.144 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccaef4',
    500: '#b48cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48cee;
$custom-light: #ccaef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.49,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71616,
    "c": 0.14387,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48CEE

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#D60F85

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48CEE

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

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