#B2A0BB#B2A0BB

#B2A0BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.043 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A0BB
RGB	rgb(178, 160, 187)
HSL	hsl(280, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(280, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, 11.60, -11.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 16.33, 315.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0304 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.043 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8991, 38.1948, 52.2745)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A0BB #A9BBA0

analogous

#A4A0BB #B2A0BB #BBA0B6

triadic

#B2A0BB #BBB2A0 #A0BBB2

tetradic

#B2A0BB #BBA4A0 #A9BBA0 #A0B6BB

square

#B2A0BB #BBA4A0 #A9BBA0 #A0B6BB

split-complementary

#B2A0BB #B6BBA0 #A0BBA4

monochromatic

#765E83 #957CA1 #B2A0BB #CFC4D5 #ECE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B2A0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B2A0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A0BB

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A0BB	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 160, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.043 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bccf',
    500: '#b2a0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a0bb;
$custom-light: #c9bccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 16.564,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72997,
    "c": 0.0433,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A0BB

secondary

#DAE0D7

accent

#9B4B65

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A0BB

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

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