#B4A8BE#B4A8BE

#B4A8BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.034 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A8BE
RGB	rgb(180, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(273, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(273, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, 8.46, -9.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 12.86, 311.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% 0.0217 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.034 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1177, 41.4264, 54.4825)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A8BE #B2BEA8

analogous

#A9A8BE #B4A8BE #BEA8BD

triadic

#B4A8BE #BEB4A8 #A8BEB4

tetradic

#B4A8BE #BEA9A8 #B2BEA8 #A8BDBE

square

#B4A8BE #BEA9A8 #B2BEA8 #A8BDBE

split-complementary

#B4A8BE #BDBEA8 #A8BEA9

monochromatic

#776587 #9685A4 #B4A8BE #D2CBD8 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B4A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#B4A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A8BE

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A8BE	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.034 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac1d1',
    500: '#b4a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a8be;
$custom-light: #cac1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74866,
    "c": 0.0338,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A8BE

secondary

#E1E4DE

accent

#994D6F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A8BE

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

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