#B4A4B2#B4A4B2

#B4A4B2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.027 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A4B2
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 178)
HSL	hsl(308, 10%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(308, 9%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 8.34, -5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 9.78, 328.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% 0.0232 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.027 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1326, 39.4690, 47.6149)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A4B2 #A4B4A6

analogous

#AEA4B4 #B4A4B2 #B4A4AA

triadic

#B4A4B2 #B2B4A4 #A4B2B4

tetradic

#B4A4B2 #B4AEA4 #A4B4A6 #A4AAB4

square

#B4A4B2 #B4AEA4 #A4B4A6 #A4AAB4

split-complementary

#B4A4B2 #AAB4A4 #A4B4AE

monochromatic

#796477 #988296 #B4A4B2 #D0C6CE #EBE7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B4A4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B4A4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A4B2

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A4B2	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)

#A4A7B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.027 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabfc9',
    500: '#b4a4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a4b2;
$custom-light: #cabfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 9.639,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73669,
    "c": 0.02688,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A4B2

secondary

#D7DCD8

accent

#945A52

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A4B2

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

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