#B49CB2#B49CB2

#B49CB2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.042 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49CB2
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(305, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(305, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, 12.77, -8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 15.14, 327.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0355 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.042 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7457, 36.6952, 47.1526)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49CB2 #9CB49E

analogous

#AA9CB4 #B49CB2 #B49CA6

triadic

#B49CB2 #B2B49C #9CB2B4

tetradic

#B49CB2 #B4AA9C #9CB49E #9CA6B4

square

#B49CB2 #B4AA9C #9CB49E #9CA6B4

split-complementary

#B49CB2 #A6B49C #9CB4AA

monochromatic

#7A5C77 #9A7997 #B49CB2 #CEBFCD #E9E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B49CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B49CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49CB2

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49CB2	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.042 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab9c9',
    500: '#b49cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49cb2;
$custom-light: #cab9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72081,
    "c": 0.04157,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49CB2

secondary

#D2DAD3

accent

#98544E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49CB2

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

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