#B49EC4#B49EC4

#B49EC4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.059 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49EC4
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 196)
HSL	hsl(275, 24%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(275, 19%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 19.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 15.21, -16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 22.47, 312.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0387 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.059 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0114, 38.1429, 57.4156)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49EC4 #AEC49E

analogous

#A19EC4 #B49EC4 #C49EC1

triadic

#B49EC4 #C4B49E #9EC4B4

tetradic

#B49EC4 #C4A19E #AEC49E #9EC1C4

square

#B49EC4 #C4A19E #AEC49E #9EC1C4

split-complementary

#B49EC4 #C1C49E #9EC4A1

monochromatic

#785890 #9778AD #B49EC4 #D1C4DB #EFEAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B49EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#B49EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49EC4

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49EC4	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.059 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabad6',
    500: '#b49ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49ec4;
$custom-light: #cabad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 24.359,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73106,
    "c": 0.05916,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49EC4

secondary

#DEE4D9

accent

#A3436B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49EC4

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

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