#B4A7E4#B4A7E4

#B4A7E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.087 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A7E4
RGB	rgb(180, 167, 228)
HSL	hsl(253, 53%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(253, 27%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 26.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, 17.16, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 33.69, 300.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% 0.0355 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.087 294)
XYZ	xyz(46.6415, 42.9417, 79.2151)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A7E4 #D7E4A7

analogous

#A7B9E4 #B4A7E4 #D3A7E4

triadic

#B4A7E4 #E4B4A7 #A7E4B4

tetradic

#B4A7E4 #E4A7B9 #D7E4A7 #A7E4D3

square

#B4A7E4 #E4A7B9 #D7E4A7 #A7E4D3

split-complementary

#B4A7E4 #E4D3A7 #B9E4A7

monochromatic

#6449C7 #8C78D6 #B4A7E4 #DCD6F2 #EBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B4A7E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#B4A7E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A7E4

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A7E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A7E4	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a7e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 167, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.087 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc1ec',
    500: '#b4a7e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a7e4;
$custom-light: #cbc1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a7e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.787,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76102,
    "c": 0.0873,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.42942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A7E4

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C0259F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A7E4

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

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