#B4B0BE#B4B0BE

#B4B0BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.020 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B0BE
RGB	rgb(180, 176, 190)
HSL	hsl(257, 10%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(257, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, 4.08, -6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 7.77, 301.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% 0.0098 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.02 299)
XYZ	xyz(43.6403, 44.4716, 54.9900)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B0BE #BABEB0

analogous

#B0B3BE #B4B0BE #BBB0BE

triadic

#B4B0BE #BEB4B0 #B0BEB4

tetradic

#B4B0BE #BEB0B3 #BABEB0 #B0BEBB

square

#B4B0BE #BEB0B3 #BABEB0 #B0BEBB

split-complementary

#B4B0BE #BEBBB0 #B3BEB0

monochromatic

#756E86 #948EA2 #B4B0BE #D4D2DA #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B4B0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#B4B0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B0BE

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B0BE	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 176, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.020 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac7d1',
    500: '#b4b0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b0be;
$custom-light: #cac7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 9.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76482,
    "c": 0.0202,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.44472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B0BE

secondary

#E6E7E3

accent

#945281

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B0BE

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

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