#B49EDD#B49EDD

#B49EDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.092 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49EDD
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(261, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(261, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, 20.59, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 35.56, 305.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.0464 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.092 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.0976, 39.3774, 73.6700)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49EDD #C7DD9E

analogous

#9EA8DD #B49EDD #D49EDD

triadic

#B49EDD #DDB49E #9EDDB4

tetradic

#B49EDD #DD9EA8 #C7DD9E #9EDDD4

square

#B49EDD #DD9EA8 #C7DD9E #9EDDD4

split-complementary

#B49EDD #DDD49E #A8DD9E

monochromatic

#6E43BD #9171CD #B49EDD #D7CBED #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B49EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B49EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49EDD

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49EDD	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.092 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbae7',
    500: '#b49edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49edd;
$custom-light: #cbbae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.952,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74095,
    "c": 0.0922,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49EDD

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BB2A89

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49EDD

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

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