#B2A9BE#B2A9BE

#B2A9BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.031 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A9BE
RGB	rgb(178, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(266, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(266, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, 7.23, -9.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 11.99, 307.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% 0.018 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.031 305)
XYZ	xyz(41.8407, 41.5587, 54.5226)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A9BE #B5BEA9

analogous

#A9AABE #B2A9BE #BCA9BE

triadic

#B2A9BE #BEB2A9 #A9BEB2

tetradic

#B2A9BE #BEA9AA #B5BEA9 #A9BEBC

square

#B2A9BE #BEA9AA #B5BEA9 #A9BEBC

split-complementary

#B2A9BE #BEBCA9 #AABEA9

monochromatic

#746687 #9386A4 #B2A9BE #D1CCD8 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B2A9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#B2A9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A9BE

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A9BE	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.031 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c2d1',
    500: '#b2a9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a9be;
$custom-light: #c9c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74897,
    "c": 0.03132,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.41559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A9BE

secondary

#E2E4DF

accent

#984D78

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A9BE

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

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