#B49AB8#B49AB8

#B49AB8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.052 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49AB8
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 184)
HSL	hsl(292, 17%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(292, 16%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 16.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 15.04, -11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 19.21, 321.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0407 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.052 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0285, 36.2758, 50.2840)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49AB8 #9EB89A

analogous

#A59AB8 #B49AB8 #B89AAD

triadic

#B49AB8 #B8B49A #9AB8B4

tetradic

#B49AB8 #B8A59A #9EB89A #9AADB8

square

#B49AB8 #B8A59A #9EB89A #9AADB8

split-complementary

#B49AB8 #ADB89A #9AB8A5

monochromatic

#7A597F #99769F #B49AB8 #CFBED1 #E9E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B49AB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B49AB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49AB8

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49AB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49AB8	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A0B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49ab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.052 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab7cd',
    500: '#b49ab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49ab8;
$custom-light: #cab7cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49ab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292,
    "s": 17.442,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71896,
    "c": 0.05181,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49AB8

secondary

#D3DCD2

accent

#9C4A55

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49AB8

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

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