#B499BB#B499BB

#B499BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.057 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B499BB
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(288, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(288, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 16.19, -13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 21.31, 319.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% 0.0433 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.057 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1820, 36.0742, 51.9030)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B499BB #A0BB99

analogous

#A399BB #B499BB #BB99B1

triadic

#B499BB #BBB499 #99BBB4

tetradic

#B499BB #BBA399 #A0BB99 #99B1BB

square

#B499BB #BBA399 #A0BB99 #99B1BB

split-complementary

#B499BB #B1BB99 #99BBA3

monochromatic

#7A5783 #9974A3 #B499BB #CFBED3 #EAE2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B499BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B499BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B499BB

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B499BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B499BB	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b499bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.057 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab7cf',
    500: '#b499bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b499bb;
$custom-light: #cab7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b499bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.647,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71809,
    "c": 0.05711,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B499BB

secondary

#D5DDD2

accent

#9E4759

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B499BB

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

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