#B49BD2#B49BD2

#B49BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.083 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49BD2
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(267, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 19.85, -24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 31.67, 308.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.0476 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.083 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1744, 37.7993, 66.0344)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49BD2 #B9D29B

analogous

#9B9ED2 #B49BD2 #D09BD2

triadic

#B49BD2 #D2B49B #9BD2B4

tetradic

#B49BD2 #D29B9E #B9D29B #9BD2D0

square

#B49BD2 #D29B9E #B9D29B #9BD2D0

split-complementary

#B49BD2 #D2D09B #9ED29B

monochromatic

#754BA7 #9471BF #B49BD2 #D4C5E5 #EFEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B49BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B49BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49BD2

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49BD2	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.083 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8e0',
    500: '#b49bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49bd2;
$custom-light: #cbb8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73073,
    "c": 0.08258,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49BD2

secondary

#E5EBDD

accent

#B13578

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49BD2

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

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