#B49CBC#B49CBC

#B49CBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.053 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49CBC
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(285, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(285, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 14.71, -13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 19.79, 318.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.039 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.053 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7866, 37.1116, 52.6345)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49CBC #A4BC9C

analogous

#A49CBC #B49CBC #BC9CB4

triadic

#B49CBC #BCB49C #9CBCB4

tetradic

#B49CBC #BCA49C #A4BC9C #9CB4BC

square

#B49CBC #BCA49C #A4BC9C #9CB4BC

split-complementary

#B49CBC #B4BC9C #9CBCA4

monochromatic

#795984 #9878A3 #B49CBC #D0C0D5 #EBE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B49CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B49CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49CBC

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49CBC	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.053 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab9d0',
    500: '#b49cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49cbc;
$custom-light: #cab9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72427,
    "c": 0.05283,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49CBC

secondary

#D7DFD5

accent

#9E485D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49CBC

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

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