#B4ABCD#B4ABCD

#B4ABCD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.049 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4ABCD
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(256, 25%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(256, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, 9.88, -16.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 18.88, 301.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% 0.0225 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.049 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4025, 43.2368, 63.7520)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4ABCD #C4CDAB

analogous

#ABB3CD #B4ABCD #C5ABCD

triadic

#B4ABCD #CDB4AB #ABCDB4

tetradic

#B4ABCD #CDABB3 #C4CDAB #ABCDC5

square

#B4ABCD #CDABB3 #C4CDAB #ABCDC5

split-complementary

#B4ABCD #CDC5AB #B3CDAB

monochromatic

#705F9F #9285B6 #B4ABCD #D6D1E4 #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B4ABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#B4ABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4ABCD

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4ABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4ABCD	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4abcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.049 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac4dc',
    500: '#b4abcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4abcd;
$custom-light: #cac4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4abcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.882,
    "s": 25.373,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75989,
    "c": 0.04904,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4ABCD

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A4428A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4ABCD

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

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