#B2A0BC#B2A0BC

#B2A0BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.045 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A0BC
RGB	rgb(178, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(279, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(279, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, 11.80, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 16.83, 314.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0307 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.045 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0065, 38.2377, 52.8402)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A0BC #AABCA0

analogous

#A4A0BC #B2A0BC #BCA0B8

triadic

#B2A0BC #BCB2A0 #A0BCB2

tetradic

#B2A0BC #BCA4A0 #AABCA0 #A0B8BC

square

#B2A0BC #BCA4A0 #AABCA0 #A0B8BC

split-complementary

#B2A0BC #B8BCA0 #A0BCA4

monochromatic

#765D84 #957CA3 #B2A0BC #CFC4D5 #ECE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B2A0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B2A0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A0BC

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A0BC	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.045 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bcd0',
    500: '#b2a0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a0bc;
$custom-light: #c9bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73032,
    "c": 0.04454,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A0BC

secondary

#DBE0D8

accent

#9C4A67

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A0BC

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

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