#B2A2B8#B2A2B8

#B2A2B8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.036 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A2B8
RGB	rgb(178, 162, 184)
HSL	hsl(284, 13%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(284, 12%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 12%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 9.90, -9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 13.52, 317.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.0263 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.036 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9308, 38.7667, 50.7172)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A2B8 #A8B8A2

analogous

#A7A2B8 #B2A2B8 #B8A2B3

triadic

#B2A2B8 #B8B2A2 #A2B8B2

tetradic

#B2A2B8 #B8A7A2 #A8B8A2 #A2B3B8

square

#B2A2B8 #B8A7A2 #A8B8A2 #A2B3B8

split-complementary

#B2A2B8 #B3B8A2 #A2B8A7

monochromatic

#77617F #957F9E #B2A2B8 #CFC5D2 #EBE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B2A2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B2A2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A2B8

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A2B8	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A6B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 162, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.036 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bdcd',
    500: '#b2a2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a2b8;
$custom-light: #c9bdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 13.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73291,
    "c": 0.03599,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A2B8

secondary

#D9DED8

accent

#984E62

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A2B8

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

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