#B2A4BF#B2A4BF

#B2A4BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.041 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A4BF
RGB	rgb(178, 164, 191)
HSL	hsl(271, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(271, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 10.19, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 15.74, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.0258 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.041 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0379, 39.7777, 54.7960)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A4BF #B1BFA4

analogous

#A5A4BF #B2A4BF #BFA4BF

triadic

#B2A4BF #BFB2A4 #A4BFB2

tetradic

#B2A4BF #BFA5A4 #B1BFA4 #A4BFBF

square

#B2A4BF #BFA5A4 #B1BFA4 #A4BFBF

split-complementary

#B2A4BF #BFBFA4 #A4BFA5

monochromatic

#756089 #9480A6 #B2A4BF #D0C8D8 #EFECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B2A4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B2A4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A4BF

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A4BF	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 164, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.041 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bfd2',
    500: '#b2a4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a4bf;
$custom-light: #c9bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 17.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7393,
    "c": 0.04129,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A4BF

secondary

#DFE3DC

accent

#9C4A71

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A4BF

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

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