#B49DCD#B49DCD

#B49DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.073 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49DCD
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(269, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 17.65, -21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 27.77, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0431 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.073 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8968, 38.2252, 62.9168)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49DCD #B6CD9D

analogous

#9D9ECD #B49DCD #CC9DCD

triadic

#B49DCD #CDB49D #9DCDB4

tetradic

#B49DCD #CD9D9E #B6CD9D #9DCDCC

square

#B49DCD #CD9D9E #B6CD9D #9DCDCC

split-complementary

#B49DCD #CDCC9D #9ECD9D

monochromatic

#76519F #9574B8 #B49DCD #D3C6E2 #EFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B49DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B49DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49DCD

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49DCD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.073 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabadc',
    500: '#b49dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49dcd;
$custom-light: #cabadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.75,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73255,
    "c": 0.07257,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49DCD

secondary

#E3E9DD

accent

#AB3A75

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49DCD

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

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