#B0A4BE#B0A4BE

#B0A4BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.039 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A4BE
RGB	rgb(176, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(268, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(268, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 9.31, -11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 15.00, 308.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.0232 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.039 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4726, 39.4988, 54.1971)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A4BE #B2BEA4

analogous

#A4A5BE #B0A4BE #BDA4BE

triadic

#B0A4BE #BEB0A4 #A4BEB0

tetradic

#B0A4BE #BEA4A5 #B2BEA4 #A4BEBD

square

#B0A4BE #BEA4A5 #B2BEA4 #A4BEBD

split-complementary

#B0A4BE #BEBDA4 #A5BEA4

monochromatic

#726187 #9180A5 #B0A4BE #CFC8D8 #EEEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B0A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B0A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A4BE

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A4BE	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.039 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bfd1',
    500: '#b0a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a4be;
$custom-light: #c7bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73723,
    "c": 0.03922,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A4BE

secondary

#DFE3DB

accent

#9B4B76

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A4BE

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

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