#B4A8DD#B4A8DD

#B4A8DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.076 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A8DD
RGB	rgb(180, 168, 221)
HSL	hsl(254, 44%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(254, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, 15.02, -25.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 29.31, 300.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% 0.032 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.076 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8733, 42.9287, 74.2619)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A8DD #D1DDA8

analogous

#A8B7DD #B4A8DD #CFA8DD

triadic

#B4A8DD #DDB4A8 #A8DDB4

tetradic

#B4A8DD #DDA8B7 #D1DDA8 #A8DDCF

square

#B4A8DD #DDA8B7 #D1DDA8 #A8DDCF

split-complementary

#B4A8DD #DDCFA8 #B7DDA8

monochromatic

#6850BB #8E7CCC #B4A8DD #DAD4EE #ECE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B4A8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#B4A8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A8DD

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A8DD	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)

#9CB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 168, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.076 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc1e7',
    500: '#b4a8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a8dd;
$custom-light: #cbc1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.585,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76009,
    "c": 0.07604,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A8DD

secondary

#EAEDDE

accent

#B72F98

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A8DD

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

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