#B0A0BC#B0A0BC

#B0A0BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.044 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A0BC
RGB	rgb(176, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(274, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(274, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 11.12, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 16.57, 312.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0285 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.044 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5509, 38.0028, 52.8189)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A0BC #ACBCA0

analogous

#A2A0BC #B0A0BC #BCA0BA

triadic

#B0A0BC #BCB0A0 #A0BCB0

tetradic

#B0A0BC #BCA2A0 #ACBCA0 #A0BABC

square

#B0A0BC #BCA2A0 #ACBCA0 #A0BABC

split-complementary

#B0A0BC #BABCA0 #A0BCA2

monochromatic

#745D84 #927CA3 #B0A0BC #CEC4D5 #ECE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B0A0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B0A0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A0BC

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A0BC	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.044 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bcd0',
    500: '#b0a0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a0bc;
$custom-light: #c7bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72856,
    "c": 0.04361,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A0BC

secondary

#DBE0D8

accent

#9C4A6D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A0BC

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

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