#B0A4BC#B0A4BC

#B0A4BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.037 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A4BC
RGB	rgb(176, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(270, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(270, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 8.90, -10.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 13.95, 309.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.0225 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.037 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2555, 39.4120, 53.0538)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A4BC #B0BCA4

analogous

#A4A4BC #B0A4BC #BCA4BC

triadic

#B0A4BC #BCB0A4 #A4BCB0

tetradic

#B0A4BC #BCA4A4 #B0BCA4 #A4BCBC

square

#B0A4BC #BCA4A4 #B0BCA4 #A4BCBC

split-complementary

#B0A4BC #BCBCA4 #A4BCA4

monochromatic

#736184 #9181A2 #B0A4BC #CFC7D6 #EDEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B0A4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B0A4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A4BC

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A4BC	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.037 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bfd0',
    500: '#b0a4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a4bc;
$custom-light: #c7bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73654,
    "c": 0.03657,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A4BC

secondary

#DEE1DA

accent

#994C73

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A4BC

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

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