#B2A4C2#B2A4C2

#B2A4C2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.045 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A4C2
RGB	rgb(178, 164, 194)
HSL	hsl(268, 20%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(268, 15%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, 10.80, -13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 17.30, 308.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0268 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.045 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3714, 39.9111, 56.5526)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A4C2 #B4C2A4

analogous

#A4A5C2 #B2A4C2 #C1A4C2

triadic

#B2A4C2 #C2B2A4 #A4C2B2

tetradic

#B2A4C2 #C2A4A5 #B4C2A4 #A4C2C1

square

#B2A4C2 #C2A4A5 #B4C2A4 #A4C2C1

split-complementary

#B2A4C2 #C2C1A4 #A5C2A4

monochromatic

#745F8D #937FA9 #B2A4C2 #D1C9DB #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B2A4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#B2A4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A4C2

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A4C2	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA9C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AAC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 164, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.045 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bfd4',
    500: '#b2a4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a4c2;
$custom-light: #c9bfd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 19.737,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74036,
    "c": 0.04525,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A4C2

secondary

#E1E5DD

accent

#9E4776

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A4C2

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

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