#B3ABBD#B3ABBD

#B3ABBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.027 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3ABBD
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(267, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(267, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, 6.27, -8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 10.29, 307.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% 0.0157 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.027 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3370, 42.3837, 54.0847)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3ABBD #B5BDAB

analogous

#ABACBD #B3ABBD #BCABBD

triadic

#B3ABBD #BDB3AB #ABBDB3

tetradic

#B3ABBD #BDABAC #B5BDAB #ABBDBC

square

#B3ABBD #BDABAC #B5BDAB #ABBDBC

split-complementary

#B3ABBD #BDBCAB #ACBDAB

monochromatic

#756985 #9489A2 #B3ABBD #D2CDD8 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B3ABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#B3ABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3ABBD

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3ABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3ABBD	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2ADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3abbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.027 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4d0',
    500: '#b3abbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3abbd;
$custom-light: #c9c4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3abbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75351,
    "c": 0.0269,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3ABBD

secondary

#E2E4DF

accent

#964F77

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3ABBD

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

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