#B49EC2#B49EC2

#B49EC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.057 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49EC2
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 194)
HSL	hsl(277, 23%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(277, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 18.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 14.81, -15.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 21.45, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0381 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.057 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7852, 38.0524, 56.2247)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49EC2 #ACC29E

analogous

#A29EC2 #B49EC2 #C29EBE

triadic

#B49EC2 #C2B49E #9EC2B4

tetradic

#B49EC2 #C2A29E #ACC29E #9EBEC2

square

#B49EC2 #C2A29E #ACC29E #9EBEC2

split-complementary

#B49EC2 #BEC29E #9EC2A2

monochromatic

#79598D #9778AA #B49EC2 #D1C4DA #EEE9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B49EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#B49EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49EC2

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49EC2	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.057 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabad4',
    500: '#b49ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49ec2;
$custom-light: #cabad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 22.785,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73032,
    "c": 0.05662,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49EC2

secondary

#DDE3D9

accent

#A14468

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49EC2

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

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