Muted violet
#B4B2CB
#B4B2CB is a muted violet with low intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.1:1. On white it reaches only 2.1:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#B4B2CB shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #B4B2CB kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F6F6FF
- 100 EAE9FC
- 200 D8D6EC
- 300 B4B2CB
- 400 A2A0B8
- 500 87859C
- 600 6C6A81
- 700 545267
- 800 3F3D50
- 900 2B2939
- 950 181723
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-violet-50: #f6f6ff; --color-violet-100: #eae9fc; --color-violet-200: #d8d6ec; --color-violet-300: #b4b2cb; --color-violet-400: #a2a0b8; --color-violet-500: #87859c; --color-violet-600: #6c6a81; --color-violet-700: #545267; --color-violet-800: #3f3d50; --color-violet-900: #2b2939; --color-violet-950: #181723;}Is #B4B2CB readable?
Contrast for text on #B4B2CB and for #B4B2CB used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 2.1APCA Lc 45 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 9.1APCA Lc 63 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #77748C · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.1APCA Lc 40 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 9.1APCA Lc 61 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #B4B2CB
Six palettes built around #B4B2CB, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#B4B2CB · #A376BB · #7CA0FF · #FFC5DA · #2D2C35
- Complementary#B4B2CB · #CEAF26 · #CFAF21 · #DFDFFF · #282838
- Split complementary#B4B2CB · #CEAC6B · #8AC653 · #D7D9FF · #30303F
- Triadic#B4B2CB · #C3845E · #00D59F · #DED7FF · #282633
- Tetradic#B4B2CB · #CC6E68 · #D0AF00 · #BBF7FC · #303038
- Monochromatic#B4B2CB · #9788DC · #B29EFD · #E3DDFF · #292533
#B4B2CB as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #B4B2CB looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F6F6FF
- Brand 100, #EAE9FC
- Brand 200, #D8D6EC
- Brand 300, #B4B2CB
- Brand 400, #A2A0B8
- Brand 500, #87859C
- Brand 600, #6C6A81
- Brand 700, #545267
- Brand 800, #3F3D50
- Brand 900, #2B2939
- Brand 950, #181723
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E5E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D4D3D9
- Neutral 400, #A0A0A8
- Neutral 500, #73727B
- Neutral 600, #54535B
- Neutral 700, #403F47
- Neutral 800, #28272E
- Neutral 900, #18171D
- Neutral 950, #0A090F
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #38A976
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #EAA453
- Warning 400, #D69344
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #F77575
- Danger 500, #D45154
- Danger 600, #B93A40
- Danger 700, #991F2A
- Danger 800, #7B0419
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #70A6EB
- Info 500, #5188CD
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 9.6:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 9.6:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #B4B2CB
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