Information about #B49CCE color

#B49CCE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B49CCE falls into the Violet Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(180, 156, 206) — 70.6% red, 61.2% green, 80.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 10 / 20 / 0 / 19. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #B49CCE reads as a softly balanced twilight violet and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Biloba Flower (#AE99D2). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Light Pastel Purple (#B19CD9) and Aesthetic Lilac (#C098CC).

The recipe behind #B49CCE is rgb(180, 156, 206), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B49CCE: 8.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.4:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B49CCE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B49CCE color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#B49CCE color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #B49CCE

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Pale Purple color link
Pale Purple

#B790D4

Lenurple color link
Lenurple

#BA93D8

Wistful color link
Wistful

#A29ECD

Blue Bell color link
Blue Bell

#A2A2D0

Cayleigh color link
Cayleigh

#C4A9D0

Wonderland color link
Wonderland

#BB97BB

Lilac color link
Lilac

#C8A2C8

Frida Lilac color link
Frida Lilac

#C8A2C7

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B49CCE
  • RGB180, 156, 206
  • CMYK10, 20, 0, 19
  • CSSrgb(180, 156, 206)
  • HSL269°, 34%, 71%
  • HSL Precise268.8°, 33.784%, 70.98%
  • HSV269°, 24%, 81%
  • HSB269°, 24%, 81%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.706
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.612
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.808
  • GLSLvec3(0.706, 0.612, 0.808)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.706, 0.612, 0.808, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.706, 0.612, 0.808)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB70.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB61.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB80.8%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDB49CCE
  • DECIMAL ID11836622
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01