#B4AECC#B4AECC

#B4AECC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.043 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AECC
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 204)
HSL	hsl(252, 23%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(252, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 14.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, 8.02, -14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 16.51, 299.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% 0.0178 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.043 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8553, 44.3348, 63.3094)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AECC #C6CCAE

analogous

#AEB7CC #B4AECC #C3AECC

triadic

#B4AECC #CCB4AE #AECCB4

tetradic

#B4AECC #CCAEB7 #C6CCAE #AECCC3

square

#B4AECC #CCAEB7 #C6CCAE #AECCC3

split-complementary

#B4AECC #CCC3AE #B7CCAE

monochromatic

#6E639D #9188B4 #B4AECC #D7D4E4 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B4AECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#B4AECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AECC

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AECC	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.043 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6db',
    500: '#b4aecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aecc;
$custom-light: #cac6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76552,
    "c": 0.04287,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AECC

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A1448F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AECC

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

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