#B4A4BA#B4A4BA

#B4A4BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.036 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A4BA
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 186)
HSL	hsl(284, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(284, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 11.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 9.88, -9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 13.49, 317.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.0262 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.036 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9594, 39.7997, 51.9692)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A4BA #AABAA4

analogous

#A9A4BA #B4A4BA #BAA4B5

triadic

#B4A4BA #BAB4A4 #A4BAB4

tetradic

#B4A4BA #BAA9A4 #AABAA4 #A4B5BA

square

#B4A4BA #BAA9A4 #AABAA4 #A4B5BA

split-complementary

#B4A4BA #B5BAA4 #A4BAA9

monochromatic

#796281 #9781A0 #B4A4BA #D1C7D4 #EDEAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B4A4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B4A4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A4BA

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A4BA	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A8BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AAB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.036 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabfce',
    500: '#b4a4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a4ba;
$custom-light: #cabfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 13.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73932,
    "c": 0.03592,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A4BA

secondary

#DBE0DA

accent

#984E62

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A4BA

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

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