#B3AABA#B3AABA

#B3AABA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.025 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AABA
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 186)
HSL	hsl(274, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(274, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 8.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, 6.23, -7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 9.39, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% 0.0161 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.025 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8266, 41.8785, 52.3247)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AABA #B1BAAA

analogous

#ABAABA #B3AABA #BAAAB9

triadic

#B3AABA #BAB3AA #AABAB3

tetradic

#B3AABA #BAABAA #B1BAAA #AAB9BA

square

#B3AABA #BAABAA #B1BAAA #AAB9BA

split-complementary

#B3AABA #B9BAAA #AABAAB

monochromatic

#766981 #95889F #B3AABA #D1CCD5 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B3AABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#B3AABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AABA

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AABA	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aaba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.025 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c3ce',
    500: '#b3aaba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aaba;
$custom-light: #c9c3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aaba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 10.39,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75051,
    "c": 0.02469,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AABA

secondary

#E0E2DE

accent

#94516F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AABA

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

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