#B49CBA#B49CBA

#B49CBA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.050 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49CBA
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 186)
HSL	hsl(288, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(288, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 16.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, 14.32, -12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 18.82, 319.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% 0.0384 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.05 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5725, 37.0259, 51.5069)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49CBA #A2BA9C

analogous

#A59CBA #B49CBA #BA9CB1

triadic

#B49CBA #BAB49C #9CBAB4

tetradic

#B49CBA #BAA59C #A2BA9C #9CB1BA

square

#B49CBA #BAA59C #A2BA9C #9CB1BA

split-complementary

#B49CBA #B1BA9C #9CBAA5

monochromatic

#7A5A81 #9978A1 #B49CBA #CFC0D3 #EBE4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B49CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B49CBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49CBA

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49CBA	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.050 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab9ce',
    500: '#b49cba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49cba;
$custom-light: #cab9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72356,
    "c": 0.05046,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49CBA

secondary

#D6DED4

accent

#9C495A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49CBA

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

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