#B4A0BA#B4A0BA

#B4A0BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.043 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A0BA
RGB	rgb(180, 160, 186)
HSL	hsl(286, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(286, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 14%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 12.09, -10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 16.15, 318.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.0323 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.043 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2548, 38.3905, 51.7343)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A0BA #A6BAA0

analogous

#A7A0BA #B4A0BA #BAA0B3

triadic

#B4A0BA #BAB4A0 #A0BAB4

tetradic

#B4A0BA #BAA7A0 #A6BAA0 #A0B3BA

square

#B4A0BA #BAA7A0 #A6BAA0 #A0B3BA

split-complementary

#B4A0BA #B3BAA0 #A0BAA7

monochromatic

#795E82 #987DA0 #B4A0BA #D0C3D4 #ECE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B4A0BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B4A0BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A0BA

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A0BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A0BA	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 160, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.043 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabcce',
    500: '#b4a0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a0ba;
$custom-light: #cabcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 15.854,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7314,
    "c": 0.04317,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A0BA

secondary

#D9DFD7

accent

#9A4B5E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A0BA

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

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