#B4A4E9#B4A4E9

#B4A4E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.099 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A4E9
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 233)
HSL	hsl(254, 61%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(254, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, 19.98, -32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 38.21, 301.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0411 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.099 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8024, 42.1369, 82.7425)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A4E9 #D9E9A4

analogous

#A4B6E9 #B4A4E9 #D6A4E9

triadic

#B4A4E9 #E9B4A4 #A4E9B4

tetradic

#B4A4E9 #E9A4B6 #D9E9A4 #A4E9D6

square

#B4A4E9 #E9A4B6 #D9E9A4 #A4E9D6

split-complementary

#B4A4E9 #E9D6A4 #B6E9A4

monochromatic

#6341D1 #8B73DD #B4A4E9 #DDD5F5 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B4A4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#B4A4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A4E9

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A4E9	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ADE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.099 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbff0',
    500: '#b4a4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a4e9;
$custom-light: #cbbff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.913,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75741,
    "c": 0.09888,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A4E9

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C91DA1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A4E9

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

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