#B4ABC2#B4ABC2

#B4ABC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.034 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4ABC2
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(263, 16%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(263, 12%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, 7.61, -10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 13.02, 305.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% 0.0187 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.034 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1211, 42.7242, 57.0034)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4ABC2 #B9C2AB

analogous

#ABAEC2 #B4ABC2 #C0ABC2

triadic

#B4ABC2 #C2B4AB #ABC2B4

tetradic

#B4ABC2 #C2ABAE #B9C2AB #ABC2C0

square

#B4ABC2 #C2ABAE #B9C2AB #ABC2C0

split-complementary

#B4ABC2 #C2C0AB #AEC2AB

monochromatic

#75668D #9488A8 #B4ABC2 #D4CEDC #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B4ABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#B4ABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4ABC2

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4ABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4ABC2	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AFC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AFC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4abc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.034 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac4d4',
    500: '#b4abc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4abc2;
$custom-light: #cac4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4abc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 15.862,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75603,
    "c": 0.03394,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4ABC2

secondary

#E5E7E1

accent

#9A4B7B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4ABC2

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

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