#B4A2B8#B4A2B8

#B4A2B8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.037 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A2B8
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 184)
HSL	hsl(289, 13%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(289, 12%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 12%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 10.60, -8.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 13.85, 319.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% 0.0285 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.037 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3932, 39.0051, 50.7389)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A2B8 #A6B8A2

analogous

#A9A2B8 #B4A2B8 #B8A2B1

triadic

#B4A2B8 #B8B4A2 #A2B8B4

tetradic

#B4A2B8 #B8A9A2 #A6B8A2 #A2B1B8

square

#B4A2B8 #B8A9A2 #A6B8A2 #A2B1B8

split-complementary

#B4A2B8 #B1B8A2 #A2B8A9

monochromatic

#79617F #987F9E #B4A2B8 #D0C5D2 #ECE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B4A2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B4A2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A2B8

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A2B8	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A7B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.037 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabdcd',
    500: '#b4a2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a2b8;
$custom-light: #cabdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 13.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73467,
    "c": 0.03716,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A2B8

secondary

#D9DED8

accent

#984E5B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A2B8

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

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