#B2ADBD#B2ADBD

#B2ADBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.023 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2ADBD
RGB	rgb(178, 173, 189)
HSL	hsl(259, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(259, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 8.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, 4.84, -7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 8.94, 302.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% 0.0117 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.023 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4873, 43.0262, 54.2008)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2ADBD #B8BDAD

analogous

#ADB0BD #B2ADBD #BAADBD

triadic

#B2ADBD #BDB2AD #ADBDB2

tetradic

#B2ADBD #BDADB0 #B8BDAD #ADBDBA

square

#B2ADBD #BDADB0 #B8BDAD #ADBDBA

split-complementary

#B2ADBD #BDBAAD #B0BDAD

monochromatic

#736B85 #928BA2 #B2ADBD #D2CFD8 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B2ADBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#B2ADBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2ADBD

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2ADBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2ADBD	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2adbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 173, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.023 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c5d0',
    500: '#b2adbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2adbd;
$custom-light: #c9c5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2adbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75674,
    "c": 0.02325,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2ADBD

secondary

#E4E5E1

accent

#955180

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2ADBD

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

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