#B4A2BE#B4A2BE

#B4A2BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.044 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A2BE
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(279, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 11.78, -11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 16.80, 314.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% 0.0307 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.044 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0355, 39.2620, 54.1217)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A2BE #ACBEA2

analogous

#A6A2BE #B4A2BE #BEA2BA

triadic

#B4A2BE #BEB4A2 #A2BEB4

tetradic

#B4A2BE #BEA6A2 #ACBEA2 #A2BABE

square

#B4A2BE #BEA6A2 #ACBEA2 #A2BABE

split-complementary

#B4A2BE #BABEA2 #A2BEA6

monochromatic

#795E87 #977EA5 #B4A2BE #D1C6D7 #EEEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B4A2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B4A2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A2BE

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A2BE	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.044 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabdd1',
    500: '#b4a2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a2be;
$custom-light: #cabdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 17.722,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73673,
    "c": 0.04445,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A2BE

secondary

#DDE2DA

accent

#9C4967

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A2BE

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

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