#B4ABC5#B4ABC5

#B4ABC5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.038 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4ABC5
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(261, 18%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(261, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, 8.22, -12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 14.61, 304.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% 0.0197 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.038 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4615, 42.8603, 58.7957)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4ABC5 #BCC5AB

analogous

#ABAFC5 #B4ABC5 #C1ABC5

triadic

#B4ABC5 #C5B4AB #ABC5B4

tetradic

#B4ABC5 #C5ABAF #BCC5AB #ABC5C1

square

#B4ABC5 #C5ABAF #BCC5AB #ABC5C1

split-complementary

#B4ABC5 #C5C1AB #AFC5AB

monochromatic

#746491 #9487AC #B4ABC5 #D4CFDE #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B4ABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#B4ABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4ABC5

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4ABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4ABC5	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AFC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4abc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.038 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac4d6',
    500: '#b4abc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4abc5;
$custom-light: #cac4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4abc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 18.31,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75706,
    "c": 0.03801,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4ABC5

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9D4980

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4ABC5

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

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