#B4A4E8#B4A4E8

#B4A4E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.098 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A4E8
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(254, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 19.75, -32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 37.68, 301.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% 0.0408 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.098 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6600, 42.0799, 81.9923)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A4E8 #D8E8A4

analogous

#A4B6E8 #B4A4E8 #D6A4E8

triadic

#B4A4E8 #E8B4A4 #A4E8B4

tetradic

#B4A4E8 #E8A4B6 #D8E8A4 #A4E8D6

square

#B4A4E8 #E8A4B6 #D8E8A4 #A4E8D6

split-complementary

#B4A4E8 #E8D6A4 #B6E8A4

monochromatic

#6342CF #8C73DC #B4A4E8 #DCD5F4 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B4A4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#B4A4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A4E8

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A4E8	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.098 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbfef',
    500: '#b4a4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a4e8;
$custom-light: #cbbfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75698,
    "c": 0.09751,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A4E8

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C71EA0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A4E8

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

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