#B4A6BE#B4A6BE

#B4A6BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.037 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A6BE
RGB	rgb(180, 166, 190)
HSL	hsl(275, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(275, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 9.56, -10.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 14.17, 312.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% 0.0246 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.037 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7513, 40.6937, 54.3604)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A6BE #B0BEA6

analogous

#A8A6BE #B4A6BE #BEA6BC

triadic

#B4A6BE #BEB4A6 #A6BEB4

tetradic

#B4A6BE #BEA8A6 #B0BEA6 #A6BCBE

square

#B4A6BE #BEA8A6 #B0BEA6 #A6BCBE

split-complementary

#B4A6BE #BCBEA6 #A6BEA8

monochromatic

#786387 #9683A4 #B4A6BE #D2C9D8 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B4A6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#B4A6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A6BE

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A6BE	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 166, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.037 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac0d1',
    500: '#b4a6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a6be;
$custom-light: #cac0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 15.584,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74466,
    "c": 0.03733,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A6BE

secondary

#DFE3DD

accent

#9A4C6C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A6BE

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

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