#B2ABC4#B2ABC4

#B2ABC4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.036 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2ABC4
RGB	rgb(178, 171, 196)
HSL	hsl(257, 17%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(257, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, 7.35, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 13.92, 301.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% 0.0172 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.036 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8849, 42.5762, 58.1726)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2ABC4 #BDC4AB

analogous

#ABB1C4 #B2ABC4 #BFABC4

triadic

#B2ABC4 #C4B2AB #ABC4B2

tetradic

#B2ABC4 #C4ABB1 #BDC4AB #ABC4BF

square

#B2ABC4 #C4ABB1 #BDC4AB #ABC4BF

split-complementary

#B2ABC4 #C4BFAB #B1C4AB

monochromatic

#716590 #9187AB #B2ABC4 #D3CFDD #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B2ABC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#B2ABC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2ABC4

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2ABC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2ABC4	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AEC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AEC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2abc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 171, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.036 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4d5',
    500: '#b2abc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2abc4;
$custom-light: #c9c4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2abc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.8,
    "s": 17.483,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75505,
    "c": 0.03618,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2ABC4

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9C4A85

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2ABC4

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

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