#B1A9CD#B1A9CD

#B1A9CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.052 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A9CD
RGB	rgb(177, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(253, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(253, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, 10.00, -17.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 19.94, 300.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% 0.0221 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.052 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3366, 42.1306, 63.5947)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A9CD #C5CDA9

analogous

#A9B3CD #B1A9CD #C3A9CD

triadic

#B1A9CD #CDB1A9 #A9CDB1

tetradic

#B1A9CD #CDA9B3 #C5CDA9 #A9CDC3

square

#B1A9CD #CDA9B3 #C5CDA9 #A9CDC3

split-complementary

#B1A9CD #CDC3A9 #B3CDA9

monochromatic

#6B5C9F #8E82B6 #B1A9CD #D4D0E3 #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B1A9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#B1A9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A9CD

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A9CD	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACAEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.052 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c2dc',
    500: '#b1a9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a9cd;
$custom-light: #c8c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75343,
    "c": 0.05178,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A9CD

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A5408F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A9CD

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

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