#B2A4BE#B2A4BE

#B2A4BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.040 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A4BE
RGB	rgb(178, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(272, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(272, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 9.99, -11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 15.22, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0254 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.04 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9282, 39.7338, 54.2184)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A4BE #B0BEA4

analogous

#A5A4BE #B2A4BE #BEA4BD

triadic

#B2A4BE #BEB2A4 #A4BEB2

tetradic

#B2A4BE #BEA5A4 #B0BEA4 #A4BDBE

square

#B2A4BE #BEA5A4 #B0BEA4 #A4BDBE

split-complementary

#B2A4BE #BDBEA4 #A4BEA5

monochromatic

#756187 #9480A5 #B2A4BE #D0C8D8 #EEEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B2A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B2A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A4BE

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A4BE	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.040 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bfd1',
    500: '#b2a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a4be;
$custom-light: #c9bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73895,
    "c": 0.03999,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A4BE

secondary

#DFE3DB

accent

#9B4B70

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A4BE

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

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