#B4A4E5#B4A4E5

#B4A4E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.093 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A4E5
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(255, 56%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(255, 28%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, 19.06, -30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 36.07, 301.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% 0.04 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.093 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2375, 41.9110, 79.7672)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A4E5 #D5E5A4

analogous

#A4B5E5 #B4A4E5 #D5A4E5

triadic

#B4A4E5 #E5B4A4 #A4E5B4

tetradic

#B4A4E5 #E5A4B5 #D5E5A4 #A4E5D5

square

#B4A4E5 #E5A4B5 #D5E5A4 #A4E5D5

split-complementary

#B4A4E5 #E5D5A4 #B5E5A4

monochromatic

#6645CA #8D74D7 #B4A4E5 #DBD4F3 #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B4A4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#B4A4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A4E5

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A4E5	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ACE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.093 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbfed',
    500: '#b4a4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a4e5;
$custom-light: #cbbfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.769,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7557,
    "c": 0.09339,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A4E5

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C3229C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A4E5

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

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