#B3ABC0#B3ABC0

#B3ABC0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.031 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3ABC0
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 192)
HSL	hsl(263, 14%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(263, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 10.9%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 6.87, -9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 11.87, 305.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% 0.0168 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.031 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6660, 42.5153, 55.8175)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3ABC0 #B8C0AB

analogous

#ABADC0 #B3ABC0 #BDABC0

triadic

#B3ABC0 #C0B3AB #ABC0B3

tetradic

#B3ABC0 #C0ABAD #B8C0AB #ABC0BD

square

#B3ABC0 #C0ABAD #B8C0AB #ABC0BD

split-complementary

#B3ABC0 #C0BDAB #ADC0AB

monochromatic

#746789 #9388A6 #B3ABC0 #D3CEDA #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B3ABC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#B3ABC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3ABC0

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3ABC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3ABC0	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3abc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.031 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4d3',
    500: '#b3abc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3abc0;
$custom-light: #c9c4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3abc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75452,
    "c": 0.03094,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3ABC0

secondary

#E4E6E1

accent

#984D7C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3ABC0

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

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