#B49EB6#B49EB6

#B49EB6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.042 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49EB6
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 182)
HSL	hsl(295, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(295, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, 12.43, -9.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 15.59, 322.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0339 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.042 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4916, 37.5349, 49.4115)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49EB6 #A0B69E

analogous

#A89EB6 #B49EB6 #B69EAC

triadic

#B49EB6 #B6B49E #9EB6B4

tetradic

#B49EB6 #B6A89E #A0B69E #9EACB6

square

#B49EB6 #B6A89E #A0B69E #9EACB6

split-complementary

#B49EB6 #ACB69E #9EB6A8

monochromatic

#7A5D7C #997B9C #B49EB6 #CFC1D0 #EAE4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B49EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#B49EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49EB6

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49EB6	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA3B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.042 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabacb',
    500: '#b49eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49eb6;
$custom-light: #cabacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 14.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72609,
    "c": 0.0422,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49EB6

secondary

#D5DCD4

accent

#984D53

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49EB6

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

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