#B4AEC0#B4AEC0

#B4AEC0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.026 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AEC0
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(260, 13%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(260, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, 5.57, -8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 10.07, 303.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% 0.0135 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.026 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4711, 43.7812, 56.0194)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AEC0 #BAC0AE

analogous

#AEB1C0 #B4AEC0 #BDAEC0

triadic

#B4AEC0 #C0B4AE #AEC0B4

tetradic

#B4AEC0 #C0AEB1 #BAC0AE #AEC0BD

square

#B4AEC0 #C0AEB1 #BAC0AE #AEC0BD

split-complementary

#B4AEC0 #C0BDAE #B1C0AE

monochromatic

#756B89 #948CA5 #B4AEC0 #D4D0DB #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B4AEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#B4AEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AEC0

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AEC0	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB1C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.026 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6d3',
    500: '#b4aec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aec0;
$custom-light: #cac6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76141,
    "c": 0.02621,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AEC0

secondary

#E6E7E3

accent

#974F7F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AEC0

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

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