#B4AAC8#B4AAC8

#B4AAC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.044 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AAC8
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 200)
HSL	hsl(260, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(260, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 15%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, 9.39, -13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 16.83, 303.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0223 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.044 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.6204, 42.6228, 60.5614)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AAC8 #BEC8AA

analogous

#AAAFC8 #B4AAC8 #C3AAC8

triadic

#B4AAC8 #C8B4AA #AAC8B4

tetradic

#B4AAC8 #C8AAAF #BEC8AA #AAC8C3

square

#B4AAC8 #C8AAAF #BEC8AA #AAC8C3

split-complementary

#B4AAC8 #C8C3AA #AFC8AA

monochromatic

#736196 #9385B0 #B4AAC8 #D5CFE0 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B4AAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#B4AAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AAC8

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AAC8	1.00	2.20	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AEC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.044 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac3d8',
    500: '#b4aac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aac8;
$custom-light: #cac3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75611,
    "c": 0.04378,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AAC8

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#A04682

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AAC8

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

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