#B4ABC4#B4ABC4

#B4ABC4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.037 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4ABC4
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 196)
HSL	hsl(262, 17%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(262, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 8.02, -11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 14.07, 304.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% 0.0194 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.037 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3473, 42.8146, 58.1943)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4ABC4 #BBC4AB

analogous

#ABAFC4 #B4ABC4 #C1ABC4

triadic

#B4ABC4 #C4B4AB #ABC4B4

tetradic

#B4ABC4 #C4ABAF #BBC4AB #ABC4C1

square

#B4ABC4 #C4ABAF #BBC4AB #ABC4C1

split-complementary

#B4ABC4 #C4C1AB #AFC4AB

monochromatic

#746590 #9487AB #B4ABC4 #D4CFDD #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B4ABC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#B4ABC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4ABC4

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4ABC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4ABC4	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AFC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AFC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4abc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.037 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac4d5',
    500: '#b4abc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4abc4;
$custom-light: #cac4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4abc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 17.483,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75671,
    "c": 0.03666,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4ABC4

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9C4A7E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4ABC4

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

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