#B49DBB#B49DBB

#B49DBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.050 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49DBB
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 187)
HSL	hsl(286, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(286, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 16%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, 13.96, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 18.64, 318.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% 0.0372 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.05 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8477, 37.4056, 52.1249)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49DBB #A4BB9D

analogous

#A59DBB #B49DBB #BB9DB3

triadic

#B49DBB #BBB49D #9DBBB4

tetradic

#B49DBB #BBA59D #A4BB9D #9DB3BB

square

#B49DBB #BBA59D #A4BB9D #9DB3BB

split-complementary

#B49DBB #B3BB9D #9DBBA5

monochromatic

#795B83 #9879A2 #B49DBB #D0C1D4 #EBE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B49DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B49DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49DBB

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49DBB	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.050 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabacf',
    500: '#b49dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49dbb;
$custom-light: #cabacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72586,
    "c": 0.04982,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49DBB

secondary

#D7DFD5

accent

#9C495D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49DBB

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

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