#B49BEF#B49BEF

#B49BEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.121 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49BEF
RGB	rgb(180, 155, 239)
HSL	hsl(258, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(258, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 35.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, 26.42, -38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 46.99, 304.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% 0.0551 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.121 297)
XYZ	xyz(46.1201, 39.3776, 86.8155)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49BEF #D6EF9B

analogous

#9BACEF #B49BEF #DE9BEF

triadic

#B49BEF #EFB49B #9BEFB4

tetradic

#B49BEF #EF9BAC #D6EF9B #9BEFDE

square

#B49BEF #EF9BAC #D6EF9B #9BEFDE

split-complementary

#B49BEF #EFDE9B #ACEF9B

monochromatic

#6531DE #8C66E7 #B49BEF #DCD0F7 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B49BEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B49BEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49BEF

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49BEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49BEF	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A9F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49bef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 155, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.121 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8f4',
    500: '#b49bef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49bef;
$custom-light: #ccb8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49bef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.857,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74335,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.39378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49BEF

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D4119A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49BEF

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

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