#B49BB7#B49BB7

#B49BB7 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.049 H 322.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49BB7
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 183)
HSL	hsl(294, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(294, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 15.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 14.29, -11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 18.07, 322.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0388 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.049 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0898, 36.5655, 49.7892)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49BB7 #9EB79B

analogous

#A69BB7 #B49BB7 #B79BAC

triadic

#B49BB7 #B7B49B #9BB7B4

tetradic

#B49BB7 #B7A69B #9EB79B #9BACB7

square

#B49BB7 #B7A69B #9EB79B #9BACB7

split-complementary

#B49BB7 #ACB79B #9BB7A6

monochromatic

#7A5A7D #99779D #B49BB7 #CFBFD1 #E9E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B49BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B49BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49BB7

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49BB7	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.049 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab8cc',
    500: '#b49bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49bb7;
$custom-light: #cab8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.571,
    "s": 16.279,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72056,
    "c": 0.04884,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49BB7

secondary

#D3DBD2

accent

#9B4B54

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49BB7

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

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