#B49AEE#B49AEE

#B49AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.121 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49AEE
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 35.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, 26.75, -38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 47.09, 304.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0563 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.121 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8071, 38.9872, 85.9843)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49AEE #D4EE9A

analogous

#9AAAEE #B49AEE #DE9AEE

triadic

#B49AEE #EEB49A #9AEEB4

tetradic

#B49AEE #EE9AAA #D4EE9A #9AEEDE

square

#B49AEE #EE9AAA #D4EE9A #9AEEDE

split-complementary

#B49AEE #EEDE9A #AAEE9A

monochromatic

#6631DC #8D66E5 #B49AEE #DBCEF7 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B49AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B49AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49AEE

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49AEE	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.121 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8f4',
    500: '#b49aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49aee;
$custom-light: #ccb8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.571,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74106,
    "c": 0.12145,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49AEE

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D31298

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49AEE

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

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