#B4AAB8#B4AAB8

#B4AAB8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.023 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AAB8
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 184)
HSL	hsl(283, 9%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(283, 8%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, 6.19, -5.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 8.53, 316.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% 0.0164 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.023 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8475, 41.9136, 51.2237)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AAB8 #AEB8AA

analogous

#ADAAB8 #B4AAB8 #B8AAB5

triadic

#B4AAB8 #B8B4AA #AAB8B4

tetradic

#B4AAB8 #B8ADAA #AEB8AA #AAB5B8

square

#B4AAB8 #B8ADAA #AEB8AA #AAB5B8

split-complementary

#B4AAB8 #B5B8AA #AAB8AD

monochromatic

#78697E #97899C #B4AAB8 #D1CBD4 #EFEDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B4AAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#B4AAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AAB8

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AAB8	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.023 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac3cd',
    500: '#b4aab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aab8;
$custom-light: #cac3cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 8.974,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7507,
    "c": 0.02268,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AAB8

secondary

#DEE1DD

accent

#935365

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AAB8

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

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