#B49EBA#B49EBA

#B49EBA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.047 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49EBA
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 186)
HSL	hsl(287, 17%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(287, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 13.21, -11.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 17.49, 319.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% 0.0353 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.047 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9109, 37.7027, 51.6197)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49EBA #A4BA9E

analogous

#A69EBA #B49EBA #BA9EB2

triadic

#B49EBA #BAB49E #9EBAB4

tetradic

#B49EBA #BAA69E #A4BA9E #9EB2BA

square

#B49EBA #BAA69E #A4BA9E #9EB2BA

split-complementary

#B49EBA #B2BA9E #9EBAA6

monochromatic

#795C81 #987AA1 #B49EBA #D0C2D3 #EBE6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B49EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#B49EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49EBA

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49EBA	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.047 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabace',
    500: '#b49eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49eba;
$custom-light: #cabace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 16.867,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72747,
    "c": 0.04681,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49EBA

secondary

#D7DED6

accent

#9B4A5C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49EBA

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

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