#B4ABBD#B4ABBD

#B4ABBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.027 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4ABBD
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(270, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(270, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 6.62, -8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 10.40, 309.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% 0.0168 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.027 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5690, 42.5033, 54.0956)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4ABBD #B4BDAB

analogous

#ABABBD #B4ABBD #BDABBD

triadic

#B4ABBD #BDB4AB #ABBDB4

tetradic

#B4ABBD #BDABAB #B4BDAB #ABBDBD

square

#B4ABBD #BDABAB #B4BDAB #ABBDBD

split-complementary

#B4ABBD #BDBDAB #ABBDAB

monochromatic

#776985 #9589A2 #B4ABBD #D3CDD8 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B4ABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#B4ABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4ABBD

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4ABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4ABBD	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3ADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4abbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.027 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac4d0',
    500: '#b4abbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4abbd;
$custom-light: #cac4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4abbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75435,
    "c": 0.02727,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4ABBD

secondary

#E2E4DF

accent

#964F73

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4ABBD

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

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