#B2ABC8#B2ABC8

#B2ABC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.042 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2ABC8
RGB	rgb(178, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(254, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(254, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, 8.17, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 16.07, 300.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% 0.0186 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.042 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3463, 42.7608, 60.6024)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2ABC8 #C1C8AB

analogous

#ABB2C8 #B2ABC8 #C0ABC8

triadic

#B2ABC8 #C8B2AB #ABC8B2

tetradic

#B2ABC8 #C8ABB2 #C1C8AB #ABC8C0

square

#B2ABC8 #C8ABB2 #C1C8AB #ABC8C0

split-complementary

#B2ABC8 #C8C0AB #B2C8AB

monochromatic

#6F6296 #9086B0 #B2ABC8 #D4D0E0 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B2ABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#B2ABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2ABC8

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2ABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2ABC8	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AEC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2abc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.042 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4d8',
    500: '#b2abc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2abc8;
$custom-light: #c9c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2abc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 20.863,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75645,
    "c": 0.04175,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2ABC8

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9F468A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2ABC8

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

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