#B49ECD#B49ECD

#B49ECD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.071 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49ECD
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(268, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(268, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, 17.10, -21.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 27.12, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% 0.0416 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.071 306)
XYZ	xyz(42.0666, 38.5650, 62.9734)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49ECD #B7CD9E

analogous

#9E9FCD #B49ECD #CB9ECD

triadic

#B49ECD #CDB49E #9ECDB4

tetradic

#B49ECD #CD9E9F #B7CD9E #9ECDCB

square

#B49ECD #CD9E9F #B7CD9E #9ECDCB

split-complementary

#B49ECD #CDCB9E #9FCD9E

monochromatic

#76529F #9576B8 #B49ECD #D3C6E2 #EFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B49ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B49ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49ECD

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49ECD	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.071 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabadc',
    500: '#b49ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49ecd;
$custom-light: #cabadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.085,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73447,
    "c": 0.07084,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.38565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49ECD

secondary

#E4EADD

accent

#AB3B76

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49ECD

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

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