#B949D9#B949D9

#B949D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.224 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B949D9
RGB	rgb(185, 73, 217)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 66.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, 65.24, -53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 84.40, 320.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% 0.166 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.224 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9128, 20.0906, 67.6710)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B949D9 #69D949

analogous

#7149D9 #B949D9 #D949B1

triadic

#B949D9 #D9B949 #49D9B9

tetradic

#B949D9 #D97149 #69D949 #49B1D9

square

#B949D9 #D97149 #69D949 #49B1D9

split-complementary

#B949D9 #B1D949 #49D971

monochromatic

#721D8B #9C28BD #B949D9 #CC7CE4 #E0AEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#B949D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#B949D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B949D9

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B949D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B949D9	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0675DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8648B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b949d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 73, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.224 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d284e5',
    500: '#b949d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b949d9;
$custom-light: #d284e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b949d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61406,
    "c": 0.22378,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B949D9

secondary

#AFDCA2

accent

#E83F65

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B949D9

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

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