#B2ABC7#B2ABC7

#B2ABC7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.040 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2ABC7
RGB	rgb(178, 171, 199)
HSL	hsl(255, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(255, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 14.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, 7.97, -13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 15.53, 300.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0182 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.04 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2298, 42.7142, 59.9890)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2ABC7 #C0C7AB

analogous

#ABB2C7 #B2ABC7 #C0ABC7

triadic

#B2ABC7 #C7B2AB #ABC7B2

tetradic

#B2ABC7 #C7ABB2 #C0C7AB #ABC7C0

square

#B2ABC7 #C7ABB2 #C0C7AB #ABC7C0

split-complementary

#B2ABC7 #C7C0AB #B2C7AB

monochromatic

#6F6395 #9086AF #B2ABC7 #D4D0DF #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B2ABC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#B2ABC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2ABC7

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2ABC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2ABC7	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AEC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2abc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 171, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.040 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4d8',
    500: '#b2abc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2abc7;
$custom-light: #c9c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2abc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7561,
    "c": 0.04036,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2ABC7

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9E4789

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2ABC7

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

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