#B4A0BE#B4A0BE

#B4A0BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.048 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A0BE
RGB	rgb(180, 160, 190)
HSL	hsl(280, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 15.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, 12.89, -12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 18.12, 315.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0337 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.048 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6860, 38.5630, 54.0052)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A0BE #AABEA0

analogous

#A5A0BE #B4A0BE #BEA0B9

triadic

#B4A0BE #BEB4A0 #A0BEB4

tetradic

#B4A0BE #BEA5A0 #AABEA0 #A0B9BE

square

#B4A0BE #BEA5A0 #AABEA0 #A0B9BE

split-complementary

#B4A0BE #B9BEA0 #A0BEA5

monochromatic

#795C87 #977CA5 #B4A0BE #D1C4D7 #EDE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B4A0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B4A0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A0BE

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A0BE	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 160, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.048 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabcd1',
    500: '#b4a0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a0be;
$custom-light: #cabcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73279,
    "c": 0.04803,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A0BE

secondary

#DBE1D8

accent

#9D4865

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A0BE

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

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