#B4AEBC#B4AEBC

#B4AEBC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.021 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AEBC
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 188)
HSL	hsl(266, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(266, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 4.78, -6.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 7.96, 306.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% 0.012 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.021 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0340, 43.6063, 53.7169)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AEBC #B6BCAE

analogous

#AEAFBC #B4AEBC #BBAEBC

triadic

#B4AEBC #BCB4AE #AEBCB4

tetradic

#B4AEBC #BCAEAF #B6BCAE #AEBCBB

square

#B4AEBC #BCAEAF #B6BCAE #AEBCBB

split-complementary

#B4AEBC #BCBBAE #AFBCAE

monochromatic

#766C83 #958DA0 #B4AEBC #D3CFD8 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B4AEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#B4AEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AEBC

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AEBC	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.021 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6d0',
    500: '#b4aebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aebc;
$custom-light: #cac6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7601,
    "c": 0.0208,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AEBC

secondary

#E3E5E1

accent

#935277

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AEBC

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

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