#B4AEBE#B4AEBE

#B4AEBE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.023 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AEBE
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(263, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(263, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, 5.17, -7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 9.01, 305.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% 0.0127 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.023 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2511, 43.6931, 54.8603)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AEBE #B8BEAE

analogous

#AEB0BE #B4AEBE #BCAEBE

triadic

#B4AEBE #BEB4AE #AEBEB4

tetradic

#B4AEBE #BEAEB0 #B8BEAE #AEBEBC

square

#B4AEBE #BEAEB0 #B8BEAE #AEBEBC

split-complementary

#B4AEBE #BEBCAE #B0BEAE

monochromatic

#756C86 #958CA3 #B4AEBE #D3D0D9 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B4AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#B4AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AEBE

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AEBE	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.023 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6d1',
    500: '#b4aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aebe;
$custom-light: #cac6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 10.959,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76075,
    "c": 0.02349,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AEBE

secondary

#E4E6E2

accent

#95507B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AEBE

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

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