#B4AECA#B4AECA

#B4AECA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.040 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AECA
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 202)
HSL	hsl(253, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(253, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 13.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, 7.61, -13.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 15.43, 299.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% 0.0171 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.04 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6170, 44.2395, 62.0542)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AECA #C4CAAE

analogous

#AEB6CA #B4AECA #C2AECA

triadic

#B4AECA #CAB4AE #AECAB4

tetradic

#B4AECA #CAAEB6 #C4CAAE #AECAC2

square

#B4AECA #CAAEB6 #C4CAAE #AECAC2

split-complementary

#B4AECA #CAC2AE #B6CAAE

monochromatic

#706499 #9289B2 #B4AECA #D6D3E2 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B4AECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#B4AECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AECA

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AECA	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aeca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.040 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6da',
    500: '#b4aeca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aeca;
$custom-light: #cac6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aeca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 20.896,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76481,
    "c": 0.04007,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AECA

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9F468C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AECA

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

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