#B4A2B4#B4A2B4

#B4A2B4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.033 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A2B4
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 180)
HSL	hsl(300, 11%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 10%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 9.83, -6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 12.00, 324.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% 0.027 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.033 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9798, 38.8397, 48.5618)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A2B4 #A2B4A2

analogous

#ABA2B4 #B4A2B4 #B4A2AB

triadic

#B4A2B4 #B4B4A2 #A2B4B4

tetradic

#B4A2B4 #B4ABA2 #A2B4A2 #A2ABB4

square

#B4A2B4 #B4ABA2 #A2B4A2 #A2ABB4

split-complementary

#B4A2B4 #ABB4A2 #A2B4AB

monochromatic

#7A627A #998099 #B4A2B4 #CFC4CF #EBE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B4A2B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B4A2B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A2B4

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A2B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A2B4	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A6B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a2b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.033 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabdca',
    500: '#b4a2b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a2b4;
$custom-light: #cabdca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a2b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 10.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73334,
    "c": 0.03265,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A2B4

secondary

#D6DCD6

accent

#955151

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A2B4

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

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