#B491BF#B491BF

#B491BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.076 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B491BF
RGB	rgb(180, 145, 191)
HSL	hsl(286, 26%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(286, 24%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 24.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 21.47, -18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 28.59, 318.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% 0.0568 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.076 318)
XYZ	xyz(38.3504, 33.7164, 53.7677)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B491BF #9CBF91

analogous

#9D91BF #B491BF #BF91B3

triadic

#B491BF #BFB491 #91BFB4

tetradic

#B491BF #BF9D91 #9CBF91 #91B3BF

square

#B491BF #BF9D91 #9CBF91 #91B3BF

split-complementary

#B491BF #B3BF91 #91BF9D

monochromatic

#7A4F87 #9A6AA8 #B491BF #CEB8D6 #E9DEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B491BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B491BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B491BF

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B491BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B491BF	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B496A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b491bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 145, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.076 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb1d2',
    500: '#b491bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b491bf;
$custom-light: #cbb1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b491bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.652,
    "s": 26.437,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70436,
    "c": 0.07643,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.33716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B491BF

secondary

#D2DECE

accent

#A54059

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F5F9

border

#D1CFD2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B491BF

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

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