#B4AFBC#B4AFBC

#B4AFBC is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.019 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AFBC
RGB	rgb(180, 175, 188)
HSL	hsl(263, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(263, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, 4.24, -5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 7.33, 305.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% 0.0105 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.019 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2279, 43.9941, 53.7816)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AFBC #B7BCAF

analogous

#AFB0BC #B4AFBC #BAAFBC

triadic

#B4AFBC #BCB4AF #AFBCB4

tetradic

#B4AFBC #BCAFB0 #B7BCAF #AFBCBA

square

#B4AFBC #BCAFB0 #B7BCAF #AFBCBA

split-complementary

#B4AFBC #BCBAAF #B0BCAF

monochromatic

#766E83 #958EA0 #B4AFBC #D3D0D8 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B4AFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#B4AFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AFBC

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AFBC	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4afbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.019 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6d0',
    500: '#b4afbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4afbc;
$custom-light: #cac6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4afbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 8.844,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76214,
    "c": 0.01911,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AFBC

secondary

#E4E5E2

accent

#93537A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AFBC

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

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