#B4A8BA#B4A8BA

#B4A8BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.029 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A8BA
RGB	rgb(180, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(280, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, 7.67, -7.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 10.84, 315.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% 0.0202 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.029 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6865, 41.2540, 52.2116)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A8BA #AEBAA8

analogous

#ABA8BA #B4A8BA #BAA8B7

triadic

#B4A8BA #BAB4A8 #A8BAB4

tetradic

#B4A8BA #BAABA8 #AEBAA8 #A8B7BA

square

#B4A8BA #BAABA8 #AEBAA8 #A8B7BA

split-complementary

#B4A8BA #B7BAA8 #A8BAAB

monochromatic

#786681 #97869F #B4A8BA #D1CAD5 #EFECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B4A8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#B4A8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A8BA

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A8BA	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ABBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.029 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac1ce',
    500: '#b4a8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a8ba;
$custom-light: #cac1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74732,
    "c": 0.02873,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A8BA

secondary

#DEE1DC

accent

#965067

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A8BA

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

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