#B49BEE#B49BEE

#B49BEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.120 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49BEE
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 238)
HSL	hsl(258, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(258, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, 26.19, -38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 46.46, 304.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% 0.0549 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.12 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9728, 39.3187, 86.0396)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49BEE #D5EE9B

analogous

#9BACEE #B49BEE #DD9BEE

triadic

#B49BEE #EEB49B #9BEEB4

tetradic

#B49BEE #EE9BAC #D5EE9B #9BEEDD

square

#B49BEE #EE9BAC #D5EE9B #9BEEDD

split-complementary

#B49BEE #EEDD9B #ACEE9B

monochromatic

#6632DC #8D67E5 #B49BEE #DBCFF7 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B49BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B49BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49BEE

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49BEE	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.120 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8f4',
    500: '#b49bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49bee;
$custom-light: #ccb8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.072,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74288,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49BEE

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D31399

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49BEE

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

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