#B2ABC6#B2ABC6

#B2ABC6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.039 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2ABC6
RGB	rgb(178, 171, 198)
HSL	hsl(256, 19%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(256, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, 7.76, -12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 15.00, 301.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% 0.0179 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.039 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1141, 42.6679, 59.3795)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2ABC6 #BFC6AB

analogous

#ABB1C6 #B2ABC6 #C0ABC6

triadic

#B2ABC6 #C6B2AB #ABC6B2

tetradic

#B2ABC6 #C6ABB1 #BFC6AB #ABC6C0

square

#B2ABC6 #C6ABB1 #BFC6AB #ABC6C0

split-complementary

#B2ABC6 #C6C0AB #B1C6AB

monochromatic

#706493 #9187AD #B2ABC6 #D3CFDF #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B2ABC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#B2ABC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2ABC6

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2ABC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2ABC6	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AEC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2abc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 171, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.039 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4d7',
    500: '#b2abc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2abc6;
$custom-light: #c9c4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2abc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.556,
    "s": 19.149,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75574,
    "c": 0.03897,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2ABC6

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9D4887

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2ABC6

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

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