#B2A8BC#B2A8BC

#B2A8BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.030 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A8BC
RGB	rgb(178, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(270, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, 7.38, -8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 11.59, 309.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% 0.0187 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.03 308)
XYZ	xyz(41.4383, 41.1012, 53.3175)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A8BC #B2BCA8

analogous

#A8A8BC #B2A8BC #BCA8BC

triadic

#B2A8BC #BCB2A8 #A8BCB2

tetradic

#B2A8BC #BCA8A8 #B2BCA8 #A8BCBC

square

#B2A8BC #BCA8A8 #B2BCA8 #A8BCBC

split-complementary

#B2A8BC #BCBCA8 #A8BCA8

monochromatic

#756684 #9385A1 #B2A8BC #D1CBD7 #EFEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B2A8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#B2A8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A8BC

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A8BC	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.030 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c1d0',
    500: '#b2a8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a8bc;
$custom-light: #c9c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74628,
    "c": 0.03038,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.41101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A8BC

secondary

#E0E3DD

accent

#974E73

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A8BC

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

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