#B49DB2#B49DB2

#B49DB2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.040 H 328.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49DB2
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 178)
HSL	hsl(305, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(305, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, 12.22, -7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 14.47, 327.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.034 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.04 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9142, 37.0322, 47.2088)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49DB2 #9DB49F

analogous

#AA9DB4 #B49DB2 #B49DA6

triadic

#B49DB2 #B2B49D #9DB2B4

tetradic

#B49DB2 #B4AA9D #9DB49F #9DA6B4

square

#B49DB2 #B4AA9D #9DB49F #9DA6B4

split-complementary

#B49DB2 #A6B49D #9DB4AA

monochromatic

#7A5D77 #997A97 #B49DB2 #CFC0CD #E9E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B49DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#B49DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49DB2

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49DB2	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.040 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabac9',
    500: '#b49db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49db2;
$custom-light: #cabac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.217,
    "s": 13.295,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72277,
    "c": 0.03972,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49DB2

secondary

#D3DAD3

accent

#97544E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49DB2

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

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