#B4A4E3#B4A4E3

#B4A4E3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.091 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A4E3
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 227)
HSL	hsl(255, 53%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(255, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 27.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, 18.60, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 35.00, 302.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% 0.0395 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.091 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9599, 41.7999, 78.3050)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A4E3 #D3E3A4

analogous

#A4B4E3 #B4A4E3 #D4A4E3

triadic

#B4A4E3 #E3B4A4 #A4E3B4

tetradic

#B4A4E3 #E3A4B4 #D3E3A4 #A4E3D4

square

#B4A4E3 #E3A4B4 #D3E3A4 #A4E3D4

split-complementary

#B4A4E3 #E3D4A4 #B4E3A4

monochromatic

#6746C6 #8D75D5 #B4A4E3 #DBD3F1 #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B4A4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#B4A4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A4E3

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A4E3	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ADE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ACE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABAEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.091 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbfec',
    500: '#b4a4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a4e3;
$custom-light: #cbbfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.238,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75486,
    "c": 0.09065,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A4E3

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#C02599

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A4E3

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

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