#B49EB4#B49EB4

#B49EB4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.040 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49EB4
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 180)
HSL	hsl(300, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(300, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, 12.04, -8.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 14.68, 325.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0332 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.04 326)
XYZ	xyz(39.2864, 37.4529, 48.3307)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49EB4 #9EB49E

analogous

#A99EB4 #B49EB4 #B49EA9

triadic

#B49EB4 #B4B49E #9EB4B4

tetradic

#B49EB4 #B4A99E #9EB49E #9EA9B4

square

#B49EB4 #B4A99E #9EB49E #9EA9B4

split-complementary

#B49EB4 #A9B49E #9EB4A9

monochromatic

#7A5E7A #997B99 #B49EB4 #CFC1CF #E9E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B49EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B49EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49EB4

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49EB4	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.040 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabaca',
    500: '#b49eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49eb4;
$custom-light: #cabaca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 12.791,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72541,
    "c": 0.04,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.37452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49EB4

secondary

#D3DAD3

accent

#974F4F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49EB4

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

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