#B49ECC#B49ECC

#B49ECC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.070 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49ECC
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 204)
HSL	hsl(269, 31%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 22.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 16.88, -20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 26.60, 309.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% 0.0413 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.07 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9463, 38.5168, 62.3397)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49ECC #B6CC9E

analogous

#9E9FCC #B49ECC #CB9ECC

triadic

#B49ECC #CCB49E #9ECCB4

tetradic

#B49ECC #CC9E9F #B6CC9E #9ECCCB

square

#B49ECC #CC9E9F #B6CC9E #9ECCCB

split-complementary

#B49ECC #CCCB9E #9FCC9E

monochromatic

#76539D #9576B7 #B49ECC #D3C6E1 #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B49ECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B49ECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49ECC

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49ECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49ECC	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49ecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.070 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabadb',
    500: '#b49ecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49ecc;
$custom-light: #cabadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49ecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 31.081,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73408,
    "c": 0.06953,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49ECC

secondary

#E3E9DD

accent

#AA3C75

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49ECC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →