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#b48ace

a light, soft violet · warm · closest name: plum

RGB
180, 138, 206
HSL
277°, 41%, 68%
CMYK
13, 33, 0, 19
Luminance
0.3234

Every format

HEX#b48ace
RGBrgb(180, 138, 206)
HSLhsl(277, 41%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(13%, 33%, 0%, 19%)
LABlab(63.6 28.5 -29.0)
LCHlch(63.6 40.7 314.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.698 0.107 312.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #b48ace;
background-color: #b48ace;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#b48ace] bg-[#b48ace]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #b48ace;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.706, green: 0.541, blue: 0.808)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#b48ace")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#b48ace on white: 2.81:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#b48ace on black: 7.47:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red70.6%
Green54.1%
Blue80.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan12.6%
Magenta33.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.2%

Color previews

#b48ace text on a black background

contrast 7.47:1

Card sample

#b48ace text on a white background

contrast 2.81:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #b48ace;
Background color
Panel with #b48ace background
background-color: #b48ace;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #b48ace;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(180, 138, 206, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(180, 138, 206, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #b48ace;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b48ace, #CE8ABB);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #b48ace

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #b48ace in the Color Lab