#B4A4C2#B4A4C2

#B4A4C2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.046 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A4C2
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 194)
HSL	hsl(272, 20%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(272, 15%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 11.47, -13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 17.52, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% 0.0291 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.046 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8338, 40.1495, 56.5742)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A4C2 #B2C2A4

analogous

#A5A4C2 #B4A4C2 #C2A4C1

triadic

#B4A4C2 #C2B4A4 #A4C2B4

tetradic

#B4A4C2 #C2A5A4 #B2C2A4 #A4C1C2

square

#B4A4C2 #C2A5A4 #B2C2A4 #A4C1C2

split-complementary

#B4A4C2 #C1C2A4 #A4C2A5

monochromatic

#775F8D #967FA9 #B4A4C2 #D2C9DB #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B4A4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#B4A4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A4C2

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A4C2	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AAC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.046 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabfd4',
    500: '#b4a4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a4c2;
$custom-light: #cabfd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 19.737,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74208,
    "c": 0.04601,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A4C2

secondary

#E1E5DD

accent

#9E4770

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A4C2

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

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