#B2A4BC#B2A4BC

#B2A4BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.037 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A4BC
RGB	rgb(178, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(275, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(275, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, 9.59, -10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 14.20, 312.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0247 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.037 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7111, 39.6470, 53.0751)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A4BC #AEBCA4

analogous

#A6A4BC #B2A4BC #BCA4BA

triadic

#B2A4BC #BCB2A4 #A4BCB2

tetradic

#B2A4BC #BCA6A4 #AEBCA4 #A4BABC

square

#B2A4BC #BCA6A4 #AEBCA4 #A4BABC

split-complementary

#B2A4BC #BABCA4 #A4BCA6

monochromatic

#766184 #9481A2 #B2A4BC #D0C7D6 #EEEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B2A4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B2A4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A4BC

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A4BC	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.037 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bfd0',
    500: '#b2a4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a4bc;
$custom-light: #c9bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73826,
    "c": 0.03741,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A4BC

secondary

#DDE1DA

accent

#994C6C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A4BC

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

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