#B3ABBB#B3ABBB

#B3ABBB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.024 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3ABBB
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 187)
HSL	hsl(270, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, 5.88, -7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 9.25, 309.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% 0.015 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.024 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1214, 42.2975, 52.9493)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3ABBB #B3BBAB

analogous

#ABABBB #B3ABBB #BBABBB

triadic

#B3ABBB #BBB3AB #ABBBB3

tetradic

#B3ABBB #BBABAB #B3BBAB #ABBBBB

square

#B3ABBB #BBABAB #B3BBAB #ABBBBB

split-complementary

#B3ABBB #BBBBAB #ABBBAB

monochromatic

#766982 #9489A0 #B3ABBB #D2CDD6 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B3ABBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#B3ABBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3ABBB

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3ABBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3ABBB	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3abbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.024 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4cf',
    500: '#b3abbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3abbb;
$custom-light: #c9c4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3abbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75286,
    "c": 0.02426,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3ABBB

secondary

#E1E3DF

accent

#955173

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3ABBB

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

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