#B4A2C2#B4A2C2

#B4A2C2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.050 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A2C2
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 194)
HSL	hsl(274, 21%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(274, 16%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 16.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, 12.58, -14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 18.83, 311.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.0321 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.05 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4787, 39.4393, 56.4559)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A2C2 #B0C2A2

analogous

#A4A2C2 #B4A2C2 #C2A2C0

triadic

#B4A2C2 #C2B4A2 #A2C2B4

tetradic

#B4A2C2 #C2A4A2 #B0C2A2 #A2C0C2

square

#B4A2C2 #C2A4A2 #B0C2A2 #A2C0C2

split-complementary

#B4A2C2 #C0C2A2 #A2C2A4

monochromatic

#785D8D #967DAA #B4A2C2 #D2C7DA #F0ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B4A2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B4A2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A2C2

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A2C2	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA8C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.050 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabdd4',
    500: '#b4a2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a2c2;
$custom-light: #cabdd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 20.779,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73814,
    "c": 0.04952,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A2C2

secondary

#DFE4DB

accent

#9F466D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A2C2

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

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