#B3AABB#B3AABB

#B3AABB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.026 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AABB
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 187)
HSL	hsl(272, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(272, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 9.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, 6.43, -7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 9.90, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% 0.0165 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.026 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9332, 41.9211, 52.8865)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AABB #B2BBAA

analogous

#ABAABB #B3AABB #BBAABA

triadic

#B3AABB #BBB3AA #AABBB3

tetradic

#B3AABB #BBABAA #B2BBAA #AABABB

square

#B3AABB #BBABAA #B2BBAA #AABABB

split-complementary

#B3AABB #BABBAA #AABBAB

monochromatic

#766882 #9588A0 #B3AABB #D1CCD6 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B3AABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#B3AABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AABB

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AABB	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)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aabb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.026 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c3cf',
    500: '#b3aabb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aabb;
$custom-light: #c9c3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aabb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75083,
    "c": 0.026,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AABB

secondary

#E0E3DE

accent

#955071

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AABB

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

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