#B4A0B2#B4A0B2

#B4A0B2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.034 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A0B2
RGB	rgb(180, 160, 178)
HSL	hsl(306, 12%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(306, 11%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 10.55, -6.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 12.46, 327.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% 0.0294 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.034 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4280, 38.0598, 47.3801)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A0B2 #A0B4A2

analogous

#ACA0B4 #B4A0B2 #B4A0A8

triadic

#B4A0B2 #B2B4A0 #A0B2B4

tetradic

#B4A0B2 #B4ACA0 #A0B4A2 #A0A8B4

square

#B4A0B2 #B4ACA0 #A0B4A2 #A0A8B4

split-complementary

#B4A0B2 #A8B4A0 #A0B4AC

monochromatic

#7A6077 #997E96 #B4A0B2 #CFC2CE #EAE4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B4A0B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#B4A0B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A0B2

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A0B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A0B2	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA4B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a0b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 160, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.034 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabcc9',
    500: '#b4a0b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a0b2;
$custom-light: #cabcc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a0b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 11.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72871,
    "c": 0.03421,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A0B2

secondary

#D5DBD5

accent

#965750

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A0B2

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

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