#B4AABA#B4AABA

#B4AABA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.025 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AABA
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 186)
HSL	hsl(278, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 8.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, 6.58, -6.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 9.53, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% 0.0172 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.025 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0586, 41.9981, 52.3356)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AABA #B0BAAA

analogous

#ACAABA #B4AABA #BAAAB8

triadic

#B4AABA #BAB4AA #AABAB4

tetradic

#B4AABA #BAACAA #B0BAAA #AAB8BA

square

#B4AABA #BAACAA #B0BAAA #AAB8BA

split-complementary

#B4AABA #B8BAAA #AABAAC

monochromatic

#786981 #96889F #B4AABA #D2CCD5 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B4AABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#B4AABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AABA

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AABA	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aaba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.025 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac3ce',
    500: '#b4aaba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aaba;
$custom-light: #cac3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aaba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 10.39,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75135,
    "c": 0.02517,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AABA

secondary

#DFE2DE

accent

#94516A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AABA

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

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