#B49BB2#B49BB2

#B49BB2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.043 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49BB2
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 178)
HSL	hsl(305, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(305, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, 13.33, -8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 15.81, 327.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.037 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.043 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5786, 36.3610, 47.0969)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49BB2 #9BB49D

analogous

#A99BB4 #B49BB2 #B49BA5

triadic

#B49BB2 #B2B49B #9BB2B4

tetradic

#B49BB2 #B4A99B #9BB49D #9BA5B4

square

#B49BB2 #B4A99B #9BB49D #9BA5B4

split-complementary

#B49BB2 #A5B49B #9BB4A9

monochromatic

#795B77 #9A7897 #B49BB2 #CEBECD #E8E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B49BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B49BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49BB2

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49BB2	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.043 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab8c9',
    500: '#b49bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49bb2;
$custom-light: #cab8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.8,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71884,
    "c": 0.04341,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49BB2

secondary

#D1DAD2

accent

#98534D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49BB2

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

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