#B3AABC#B3AABC

#B3AABC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.027 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AABC
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(270, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, 6.62, -8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 10.42, 309.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% 0.0168 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.027 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0407, 41.9641, 53.4523)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AABC #B3BCAA

analogous

#AAAABC #B3AABC #BCAABC

triadic

#B3AABC #BCB3AA #AABCB3

tetradic

#B3AABC #BCAAAA #B3BCAA #AABCBC

square

#B3AABC #BCAAAA #B3BCAA #AABCBC

split-complementary

#B3AABC #BCBCAA #AABCAA

monochromatic

#766884 #9488A1 #B3AABC #D2CCD7 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B3AABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#B3AABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AABC

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AABC	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.027 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c3d0',
    500: '#b3aabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aabc;
$custom-light: #c9c3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 11.842,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75116,
    "c": 0.0273,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AABC

secondary

#E1E3DE

accent

#965073

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AABC

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

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