#B49AB4#B49AB4

#B49AB4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.047 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49AB4
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 180)
HSL	hsl(300, 15%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(300, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 14.27, -9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 17.37, 325.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0393 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.047 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6152, 36.1104, 48.1070)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49AB4 #9AB49A

analogous

#A79AB4 #B49AB4 #B49AA7

triadic

#B49AB4 #B4B49A #9AB4B4

tetradic

#B49AB4 #B4A79A #9AB49A #9AA7B4

square

#B49AB4 #B4A79A #9AB49A #9AA7B4

split-complementary

#B49AB4 #A7B49A #9AB4A7

monochromatic

#795A79 #9A779A #B49AB4 #CEBDCE #E8E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B49AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B49AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49AB4

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49AB4	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.047 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab7ca',
    500: '#b49ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49ab4;
$custom-light: #cab7ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 14.773,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71757,
    "c": 0.04737,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49AB4

secondary

#D1D9D1

accent

#994D4D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49AB4

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

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