#B3A2BB#B3A2BB

#B3A2BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.040 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A2BB
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 187)
HSL	hsl(281, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(281, 13%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, 10.84, -10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 15.16, 315.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0285 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.04 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4789, 39.0125, 52.4018)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A2BB #AABBA2

analogous

#A6A2BB #B3A2BB #BBA2B6

triadic

#B3A2BB #BBB3A2 #A2BBB3

tetradic

#B3A2BB #BBA6A2 #AABBA2 #A2B6BB

square

#B3A2BB #BBA6A2 #AABBA2 #A2B6BB

split-complementary

#B3A2BB #B6BBA2 #A2BBA6

monochromatic

#786083 #967FA1 #B3A2BB #D0C5D5 #EDE9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B3A2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B3A2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A2BB

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A2BB	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.040 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bdcf',
    500: '#b3a2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a2bb;
$custom-light: #c9bdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 15.528,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73481,
    "c": 0.04021,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A2BB

secondary

#DBE0D9

accent

#9A4C65

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A2BB

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

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