#B2ABC2#B2ABC2

#B2ABC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.033 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2ABC2
RGB	rgb(178, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(258, 16%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(258, 12%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, 6.94, -10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 12.85, 302.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% 0.0165 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.033 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6588, 42.4858, 56.9817)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2ABC2 #BBC2AB

analogous

#ABB0C2 #B2ABC2 #BEABC2

triadic

#B2ABC2 #C2B2AB #ABC2B2

tetradic

#B2ABC2 #C2ABB0 #BBC2AB #ABC2BE

square

#B2ABC2 #C2ABB0 #BBC2AB #ABC2BE

split-complementary

#B2ABC2 #C2BEAB #B0C2AB

monochromatic

#72668D #9288A8 #B2ABC2 #D3CEDC #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B2ABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#B2ABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2ABC2

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2ABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2ABC2	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2abc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.033 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4d4',
    500: '#b2abc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2abc2;
$custom-light: #c9c4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2abc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.261,
    "s": 15.862,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75436,
    "c": 0.03342,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2ABC2

secondary

#E6E7E1

accent

#9A4B82

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2ABC2

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

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