#B4A4BE#B4A4BE

#B4A4BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.041 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A4BE
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(277, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(277, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, 10.67, -11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 15.48, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% 0.0277 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.041 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3906, 39.9722, 54.2401)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A4BE #AEBEA4

analogous

#A7A4BE #B4A4BE #BEA4BB

triadic

#B4A4BE #BEB4A4 #A4BEB4

tetradic

#B4A4BE #BEA7A4 #AEBEA4 #A4BBBE

square

#B4A4BE #BEA7A4 #AEBEA4 #A4BBBE

split-complementary

#B4A4BE #BBBEA4 #A4BEA7

monochromatic

#786187 #9780A5 #B4A4BE #D1C8D8 #EFEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B4A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#B4A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A4BE

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A4BE	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.041 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabfd1',
    500: '#b4a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a4be;
$custom-light: #cabfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74069,
    "c": 0.04088,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A4BE

secondary

#DEE3DB

accent

#9B4B69

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A4BE

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

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