#B2ABB8#B2ABB8

#B2ABB8 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.020 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2ABB8
RGB	rgb(178, 171, 184)
HSL	hsl(272, 8%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(272, 7%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 7.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, 4.95, -5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 7.59, 310.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% 0.0127 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.02 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5733, 42.0516, 51.2647)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2ABB8 #B1B8AB

analogous

#ACABB8 #B2ABB8 #B8ABB8

triadic

#B2ABB8 #B8B2AB #ABB8B2

tetradic

#B2ABB8 #B8ACAB #B1B8AB #ABB8B8

square

#B2ABB8 #B8ACAB #B1B8AB #ABB8B8

split-complementary

#B2ABB8 #B8B8AB #ABB8AC

monochromatic

#756B7E #948A9C #B2ABB8 #D0CCD4 #EFEDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B2ABB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#B2ABB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2ABB8

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2ABB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2ABB8	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAEB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2abb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 171, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.020 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4cd',
    500: '#b2abb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2abb8;
$custom-light: #c9c4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2abb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 8.387,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75105,
    "c": 0.01993,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2ABB8

secondary

#DFE1DE

accent

#925370

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2ABB8

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

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