#B2A0BA#B2A0BA

#B2A0BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.042 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A0BA
RGB	rgb(178, 160, 186)
HSL	hsl(282, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(282, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 14%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 11.40, -10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 15.84, 316.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% 0.03 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.042 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7924, 38.1521, 51.7126)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A0BA #A8BAA0

analogous

#A5A0BA #B2A0BA #BAA0B5

triadic

#B2A0BA #BAB2A0 #A0BAB2

tetradic

#B2A0BA #BAA5A0 #A8BAA0 #A0B5BA

square

#B2A0BA #BAA5A0 #A8BAA0 #A0B5BA

split-complementary

#B2A0BA #B5BAA0 #A0BAA5

monochromatic

#775E82 #957DA0 #B2A0BA #CFC3D4 #EBE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B2A0BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#B2A0BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A0BA

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A0BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A0BA	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 160, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.042 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bcce',
    500: '#b2a0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a0ba;
$custom-light: #c9bcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 15.854,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72962,
    "c": 0.04205,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A0BA

secondary

#D9DFD7

accent

#9A4B64

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A0BA

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

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