#B49BCD#B49BCD

#B49BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.076 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49BCD
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(270, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(270, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, 18.77, -22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 29.07, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% 0.0461 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.076 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5612, 37.5540, 62.8049)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49BCD #B4CD9B

analogous

#9B9BCD #B49BCD #CD9BCD

triadic

#B49BCD #CDB49B #9BCDB4

tetradic

#B49BCD #CD9B9B #B4CD9B #9BCDCD

square

#B49BCD #CD9B9B #B4CD9B #9BCDCD

split-complementary

#B49BCD #CDCD9B #9BCD9B

monochromatic

#774F9E #9572B9 #B49BCD #D3C4E1 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B49BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#B49BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49BCD

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49BCD	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.076 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8dc',
    500: '#b49bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49bcd;
$custom-light: #cbb8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72873,
    "c": 0.07603,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49BCD

secondary

#E2E9DB

accent

#AC3973

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49BCD

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

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