#B4ADCD#B4ADCD

#B4ADCD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.046 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4ADCD
RGB	rgb(180, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(253, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(253, 16%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, 8.78, -15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 17.65, 299.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% 0.0196 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.046 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7832, 43.9980, 63.8789)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4ADCD #C6CDAD

analogous

#ADB6CD #B4ADCD #C4ADCD

triadic

#B4ADCD #CDB4AD #ADCDB4

tetradic

#B4ADCD #CDADB6 #C6CDAD #ADCDC4

square

#B4ADCD #CDADB6 #C6CDAD #ADCDC4

split-complementary

#B4ADCD #CDC4AD #B6CDAD

monochromatic

#6E619F #9187B6 #B4ADCD #D7D3E4 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B4ADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#B4ADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4ADCD

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4ADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4ADCD	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4adcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.046 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac5dc',
    500: '#b4adcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4adcd;
$custom-light: #cac5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4adcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.125,
    "s": 24.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76387,
    "c": 0.04585,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4ADCD

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A3438E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4ADCD

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

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