#B4AEC2#B4AEC2

#B4AEC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.029 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AEC2
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 194)
HSL	hsl(258, 14%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(258, 10%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, 5.97, -9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 11.14, 302.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% 0.0142 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.029 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6942, 43.8704, 57.1944)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AEC2 #BCC2AE

analogous

#AEB2C2 #B4AEC2 #BEAEC2

triadic

#B4AEC2 #C2B4AE #AEC2B4

tetradic

#B4AEC2 #C2AEB2 #BCC2AE #AEC2BE

square

#B4AEC2 #C2AEB2 #BCC2AE #AEC2BE

split-complementary

#B4AEC2 #C2BEAE #B2C2AE

monochromatic

#746A8C #948BA8 #B4AEC2 #D4D1DC #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B4AEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#B4AEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AEC2

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AEC2	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB1C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.029 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6d4',
    500: '#b4aec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aec2;
$custom-light: #cac6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 14.085,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76207,
    "c": 0.02896,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AEC2

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#984D82

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AEC2

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

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