#B2AFBD#B2AFBD

#B2AFBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.020 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AFBD
RGB	rgb(178, 175, 189)
HSL	hsl(253, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(253, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, 3.75, -6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 7.72, 299.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% 0.0087 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.02 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8737, 43.7990, 54.3296)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AFBD #BABDAF

analogous

#AFB3BD #B2AFBD #B9AFBD

triadic

#B2AFBD #BDB2AF #AFBDB2

tetradic

#B2AFBD #BDAFB3 #BABDAF #AFBDB9

square

#B2AFBD #BDAFB3 #BABDAF #AFBDB9

split-complementary

#B2AFBD #BDB9AF #B3BDAF

monochromatic

#726D84 #928DA1 #B2AFBD #D2D1D9 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B2AFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#B2AFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AFBD

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AFBD	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2afbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 175, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.020 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c6d0',
    500: '#b2afbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2afbd;
$custom-light: #c9c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2afbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 9.589,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76082,
    "c": 0.02003,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AFBD

secondary

#E5E6E2

accent

#945286

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AFBD

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

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