#B49BBD#B49BBD

#B49BBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.056 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49BBD
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(284, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(284, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 15.47, -14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 20.95, 317.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0409 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.056 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7277, 36.8206, 53.1485)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49BBD #A4BD9B

analogous

#A39BBD #B49BBD #BD9BB5

triadic

#B49BBD #BDB49B #9BBDB4

tetradic

#B49BBD #BDA39B #A4BD9B #9BB5BD

square

#B49BBD #BDA39B #A4BD9B #9BB5BD

split-complementary

#B49BBD #B5BD9B #9BBDA3

monochromatic

#795885 #9876A5 #B49BBD #D0C0D5 #EBE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B49BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B49BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49BBD

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49BBD	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.056 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab8d1',
    500: '#b49bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49bbd;
$custom-light: #cab8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.118,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72268,
    "c": 0.05585,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49BBD

secondary

#D7DFD5

accent

#9F475E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49BBD

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

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