#B4A8BC#B4A8BC

#B4A8BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.031 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A8BC
RGB	rgb(180, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(276, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(276, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, 8.07, -8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 11.84, 312.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% 0.0209 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.031 312)
XYZ	xyz(41.9006, 41.3396, 53.3392)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A8BC #B0BCA8

analogous

#AAA8BC #B4A8BC #BCA8BA

triadic

#B4A8BC #BCB4A8 #A8BCB4

tetradic

#B4A8BC #BCAAA8 #B0BCA8 #A8BABC

square

#B4A8BC #BCAAA8 #B0BCA8 #A8BABC

split-complementary

#B4A8BC #BABCA8 #A8BCAA

monochromatic

#786684 #9685A1 #B4A8BC #D2CBD7 #F0EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B4A8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#B4A8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A8BC

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A8BC	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.031 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac1d0',
    500: '#b4a8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a8bc;
$custom-light: #cac1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74799,
    "c": 0.03124,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.41339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A8BC

secondary

#DFE3DD

accent

#974E6B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A8BC

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

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