#B49DCC#B49DCC

#B49DCC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.071 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49DCC
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 204)
HSL	hsl(269, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 23%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 17.44, -20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 27.25, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% 0.0428 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.071 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7764, 38.1771, 62.2831)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49DCC #B5CC9D

analogous

#9D9DCC #B49DCC #CB9DCC

triadic

#B49DCC #CCB49D #9DCCB4

tetradic

#B49DCC #CC9D9D #B5CC9D #9DCCCB

square

#B49DCC #CC9D9D #B5CC9D #9DCCCB

split-complementary

#B49DCC #CCCB9D #9DCC9D

monochromatic

#76529D #9575B7 #B49DCC #D3C5E1 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B49DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B49DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49DCC

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49DCC	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.071 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabadb',
    500: '#b49dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49dcc;
$custom-light: #cabadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.362,
    "s": 31.544,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73216,
    "c": 0.07126,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49DCC

secondary

#E3E9DC

accent

#AA3B74

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49DCC

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

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