#B3A2CD#B3A2CD

#B3A2CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.064 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A2CD
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 205)
HSL	hsl(264, 30%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(264, 21%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 21%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 14.54, -19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 24.46, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.0346 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.064 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5280, 39.8322, 63.1937)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A2CD #BCCDA2

analogous

#A2A7CD #B3A2CD #C9A2CD

triadic

#B3A2CD #CDB3A2 #A2CDB3

tetradic

#B3A2CD #CDA2A7 #BCCDA2 #A2CDC9

square

#B3A2CD #CDA2A7 #BCCDA2 #A2CDC9

split-complementary

#B3A2CD #CDC9A2 #A7CDA2

monochromatic

#73569F #927AB8 #B3A2CD #D4CAE2 #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B3A2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B3A2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A2CD

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A2CD	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.064 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabddc',
    500: '#b3a2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a2cd;
$custom-light: #cabddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.721,
    "s": 30.07,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74133,
    "c": 0.06371,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A2CD

secondary

#E7EBE0

accent

#A93D7E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A2CD

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

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