#B2A8BE#B2A8BE

#B2A8BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.033 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A8BE
RGB	rgb(178, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(267, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(267, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 7.78, -9.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 12.63, 308.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% 0.0194 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.033 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6553, 41.1880, 54.4608)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A8BE #B4BEA8

analogous

#A8A9BE #B2A8BE #BDA8BE

triadic

#B2A8BE #BEB2A8 #A8BEB2

tetradic

#B2A8BE #BEA8A9 #B4BEA8 #A8BEBD

square

#B2A8BE #BEA8A9 #B4BEA8 #A8BEBD

split-complementary

#B2A8BE #BEBDA8 #A9BEA8

monochromatic

#746587 #9385A4 #B2A8BE #D1CBD8 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B2A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#B2A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A8BE

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A8BE	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.033 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c1d1',
    500: '#b2a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a8be;
$custom-light: #c9c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74696,
    "c": 0.03303,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A8BE

secondary

#E1E4DE

accent

#994D76

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A8BE

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

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