#B49BB4#B49BB4

#B49BB4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.046 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49BB4
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 180)
HSL	hsl(300, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(300, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, 13.71, -9.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 16.70, 325.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.0378 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.046 326)
XYZ	xyz(38.7809, 36.4419, 48.1622)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49BB4 #9BB49B

analogous

#A79BB4 #B49BB4 #B49BA7

triadic

#B49BB4 #B4B49B #9BB4B4

tetradic

#B49BB4 #B4A79B #9BB49B #9BA7B4

square

#B49BB4 #B4A79B #9BB49B #9BA7B4

split-complementary

#B49BB4 #A7B49B #9BB4A7

monochromatic

#795B79 #9A789A #B49BB4 #CEBECE #E8E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B49BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B49BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49BB4

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49BB4	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.046 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab8ca',
    500: '#b49bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49bb4;
$custom-light: #cab8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71952,
    "c": 0.04552,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.36441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49BB4

secondary

#D1DAD1

accent

#984D4D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49BB4

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

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