#B4A4E1#B4A4E1

#B4A4E1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.088 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A4E1
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 225)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(256, 27%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, 18.15, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 33.93, 302.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% 0.0389 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.088 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6854, 41.6901, 76.8597)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A4E1 #D1E1A4

analogous

#A4B3E1 #B4A4E1 #D3A4E1

triadic

#B4A4E1 #E1B4A4 #A4E1B4

tetradic

#B4A4E1 #E1A4B3 #D1E1A4 #A4E1D3

square

#B4A4E1 #E1A4B3 #D1E1A4 #A4E1D3

split-complementary

#B4A4E1 #E1D3A4 #B3E1A4

monochromatic

#6848C3 #8E76D2 #B4A4E1 #DAD2F0 #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B4A4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#B4A4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A4E1

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A4E1	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ADE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ACDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACAEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.088 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbfea',
    500: '#b4a4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a4e1;
$custom-light: #cbbfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.738,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75402,
    "c": 0.08791,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A4E1

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BE2896

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A4E1

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

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