#B49CB4#B49CB4

#B49CB4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.044 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49CB4
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(300, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(300, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 13.15, -9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 16.02, 325.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% 0.0362 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.044 326)
XYZ	xyz(38.9480, 36.7761, 48.2179)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49CB4 #9CB49C

analogous

#A89CB4 #B49CB4 #B49CA8

triadic

#B49CB4 #B4B49C #9CB4B4

tetradic

#B49CB4 #B4A89C #9CB49C #9CA8B4

square

#B49CB4 #B4A89C #9CB49C #9CA8B4

split-complementary

#B49CB4 #A8B49C #9CB4A8

monochromatic

#7A5C7A #9A799A #B49CB4 #CEBFCE #E9E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B49CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B49CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49CB4

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49CB4	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.044 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab9ca',
    500: '#b49cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49cb4;
$custom-light: #cab9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72148,
    "c": 0.04368,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.36776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49CB4

secondary

#D2DAD2

accent

#984E4E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49CB4

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

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