#B49BEC#B49BEC

#B49BEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.117 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49BEC
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 236)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, 25.72, -37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 45.40, 304.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% 0.0544 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.117 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6806, 39.2018, 84.5007)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49BEC #D3EC9B

analogous

#9BABEC #B49BEC #DD9BEC

triadic

#B49BEC #ECB49B #9BECB4

tetradic

#B49BEC #EC9BAB #D3EC9B #9BECDD

square

#B49BEC #EC9BAB #D3EC9B #9BECDD

split-complementary

#B49BEC #ECDD9B #ABEC9B

monochromatic

#6734D8 #8D68E2 #B49BEC #DBCEF6 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B49BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B49BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49BEC

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49BEC	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.117 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8f2',
    500: '#b49bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49bec;
$custom-light: #ccb8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.519,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74196,
    "c": 0.11718,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49BEC

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D01696

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49BEC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →