#B4A4E7#B4A4E7

#B4A4E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.096 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A4E7
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 231)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(254, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 29%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 19.52, -31.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 37.14, 301.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.0406 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.096 295)
XYZ	xyz(46.5183, 42.0233, 81.2463)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A4E7 #D7E7A4

analogous

#A4B6E7 #B4A4E7 #D5A4E7

triadic

#B4A4E7 #E7B4A4 #A4E7B4

tetradic

#B4A4E7 #E7A4B6 #D7E7A4 #A4E7D5

square

#B4A4E7 #E7A4B6 #D7E7A4 #A4E7D5

split-complementary

#B4A4E7 #E7D5A4 #B6E7A4

monochromatic

#6443CD #8C74DA #B4A4E7 #DCD4F4 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B4A4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#B4A4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A4E7

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A4E7	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.096 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbfee',
    500: '#b4a4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a4e7;
$custom-light: #cbbfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.328,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75655,
    "c": 0.09614,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.42024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A4E7

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C6209E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A4E7

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

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