#B48EAE#B48EAE

#B48EAE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.063 H 331.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48EAE
RGB	rgb(180, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(309, 20%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(309, 21%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, 19.84, -11.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 22.82, 330.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% 0.0559 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.063 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1347, 32.1063, 44.3298)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48EAE #8EB494

analogous

#A78EB4 #B48EAE #B48E9B

triadic

#B48EAE #AEB48E #8EAEB4

tetradic

#B48EAE #B4A78E #8EB494 #8E9BB4

square

#B48EAE #B4A78E #8EB494 #8E9BB4

split-complementary

#B48EAE #9BB48E #8EB4A7

monochromatic

#785072 #9C6994 #B48EAE #CCB3C8 #E5D8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B48EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#B48EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B48EAE

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48EAE	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.063 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caafc6',
    500: '#b48eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48eae;
$custom-light: #caafc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.474,
    "s": 20.213,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69242,
    "c": 0.06346,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48EAE

secondary

#C8D6CA

accent

#9F5547

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48EAE

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

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